We will do a thorough investigation. I'd prefer to set this up after my VMD presentation though, so in about a month. Of course we can already collect relevant MSS and charters.
The e will probably be crucial. Writing the extra spike takes more effort, so this writer must have been used to this form. Note: the writer uses two distinct forms of "e". Compare both versions of aberil. Both share the bottom stroke that's part of the cursive. The pen is lifted for placing something on top. The first aberil has three strokes on top, forming something like 4 or a weirdly shaped s. For us modern vriewers, the topmost line is the weird one, an extra spike. However, it appears that in the second aberil, the bottom part is omitted, and the "e" is now has a weird c-shape on top.
Both of these are found in other MSS. How to evaluate this?
The e will probably be crucial. Writing the extra spike takes more effort, so this writer must have been used to this form. Note: the writer uses two distinct forms of "e". Compare both versions of aberil. Both share the bottom stroke that's part of the cursive. The pen is lifted for placing something on top. The first aberil has three strokes on top, forming something like 4 or a weirdly shaped s. For us modern vriewers, the topmost line is the weird one, an extra spike. However, it appears that in the second aberil, the bottom part is omitted, and the "e" is now has a weird c-shape on top.
Both of these are found in other MSS. How to evaluate this?