Letter 'd' I'm ignoring, letter 'r' is pen dragging (a ligature?), and so is 'b' to some extent. Letter 'b' is a problem. Where other letters in the VMs month names compare fairly well with examples from the month names used in certain calendars, this comparison fails completely for letter 'b'. Calendars, as formal documents, were written in a certain formal style. The VMs month names were written in a less formal, more cursive style. There's no comparison.
Formal documents are out, leaving only the examples of individual handwriting and chicken scratches.
Does the dating of the VMs month names depend on the apparent advent of cursive writing or the idiosyncrasies of a precocious pen-dragger?
PS: Should have looked here first. St. Gall isn't *that* bad. The top of the 'B' is closed.
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Formal documents are out, leaving only the examples of individual handwriting and chicken scratches.
Does the dating of the VMs month names depend on the apparent advent of cursive writing or the idiosyncrasies of a precocious pen-dragger?
PS: Should have looked here first. St. Gall isn't *that* bad. The top of the 'B' is closed.
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