03-11-2025, 08:50 PM
Before I knew much about paleography, I also thought the second L was "h", but this is really not an option (due to the overall shape and lack of descender). I am fairly certain of m-a-l-l for the first four letters. I don't think the next one can be "r". What you draw would be r-rotunda, which does not occur after "l".
The "a" you call capital is a double-story variety, which also occurs twice on f116v, though always in a ligature. Here it is standalone though, but this still doesn't necessarily mean that it's a capital.
Spaces are unreliable overall. To me it looks like "mallier aller", but it might as well be "m al lier aller" for all I know. Separating the "m" does highlight the near-reduplication in "allier aller".
The next letter is not a clear "L", but more like a medieval "k". This makes the word harder to work with, since something derived from Latin "lux" seemed like an option.
The "a" you call capital is a double-story variety, which also occurs twice on f116v, though always in a ligature. Here it is standalone though, but this still doesn't necessarily mean that it's a capital.
Spaces are unreliable overall. To me it looks like "mallier aller", but it might as well be "m al lier aller" for all I know. Separating the "m" does highlight the near-reduplication in "allier aller".
The next letter is not a clear "L", but more like a medieval "k". This makes the word harder to work with, since something derived from Latin "lux" seemed like an option.