Month names collection / metastudy

[R. Sale]

Back to the merry month of May, it looks to me as though there is a very similar stroke on the left leg of the 'm' and the lower left side of the 'a' in VMs 'may'. [See Post # 83.] It's a crisp, crescent shape, somewhat reclining. That stroke seems to be more acceptable in the letter 'a', but rather strange in the letter 'm'.

There are many ways to make a letter 'm'. The VMs is only one of many unusual examples; some posted above. The closest 'm' found so far in 15th C. calendars is St. Gall, c. 1432.

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March is also comparable.

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