MarcoP > 13-07-2018, 08:42 PM
(13-07-2018, 07:37 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.What would you guys say of the handwriting in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., 15th century English.
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-JKP- > 13-07-2018, 08:51 PM
davidjackson > 15-07-2018, 12:42 AM
Quote:MarcoP says*The double FF for uppercase f in English probably comes from the Old English rune F. We commonly see it nowadays in old family names ie /Ffarington. But this appears to be a legal conceit from the late middle ages, which was later taken up by the families concerned when they traced their family histories in more modern times. The scribes thought it was "posh" to write with the names of nobility with a double character! See more You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. It doesn't seem to have existed in medieval English in this fashion ( Farington in medieval times, Ffarington by the 18ty century)
* "ff" for uppercase "f"
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Koen G > 18-07-2018, 02:14 PM
(13-07-2018, 08:42 PM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This search for parallels is making me look at scripts in a different way. I am happy see that you share this interest!
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