Another good Swiss handwriting match to f116v
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This one is a single leaf found among the volumes of Cod. Sang. 1396, a series of fragments from the library of St. Gall. I have not scored it comprehensively using Koen and Marco's rubric, but it is very good:

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#2
It certainly feels very close!
I've gotten a bit rusty at filling in the sheet, but it comes out 43/402, which is good but not as good as the last one ;)
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#3
Interestingly, sometimes the letter b is written as B and as b.
What could this be related to?
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(09-08-2026, 07:52 PM)ololololo wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Interestingly, sometimes the letter b is written as B and as b.
What could this be related to?

The upper part is more or less looped, or the loop is smaller and less visible, but it is the same letter, based on the Greek sigma σ. Because of this second loop, it looks more like a small B.
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(09-08-2026, 05:14 PM)magnesium wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This one is a single leaf found among the volumes of Cod. Sang. 1396, a series of fragments from the library of St. Gall. 
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It is a very good match indeed.  Would anyone provide a reading for this clip? Especially the last word?
   
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(09-08-2026, 10:20 PM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
(09-08-2026, 05:14 PM)magnesium wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This one is a single leaf found among the volumes of Cod. Sang. 1396, a series of fragments from the library of St. Gall. 
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It is a very good match indeed.  Would anyone provide a reading for this clip? Especially the last word?

All the best, --stolfi

... surrexit eodemque die viginti centum
homines bap* sur* Consul romanorum lucius et carinus per usio
ciuitatis legatos suos ex[ ]precepto anthonini inperatoris ad[ ]domum
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#7
Or doiiiin as EVA would say.
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#8
so aiin could be aum? very interessting Wink

As I mentioned before, the author designed his cipher to look like Latin in order to hide the fact that it isn't actually Latin Wink
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I doubt that it looked like Latin to 15th century people who could read
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(10-08-2026, 09:04 AM)JoJo_Jost wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.As I mentioned before, the author designed his cipher to look like Latin in order to hide the fact that it isn't actually Latin

Or maybe he was just familiar with Latin? If I was making up a script or cypher, I expect I'd base it on scripts/languages I already knew (perhaps even subconsciously in parts) rather than inventing something completely from scratch.
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