Month names collection / metastudy

[davidma]

So the questions we're trying to answer are:

* When did people stop using spiky "e"

According to this article You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.  the latest appearance of bâtarde française in print (in Lyon) was in the 1560s, but its use consistently declined during the 1530s. So if the spiky e comes from lingua bastarda then it is unlikely than the months we're written much after 1560. Although obviously the paper refers to print, it could very well be that the person writing used the spiky form because he was used to them and didn't bother changing the way he wrote.