Re: The letters <p> and <f>, again

[Karl Kluge <kckluge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stolfi wrote:

> On the other hand, we all know that <p> and <f> are almost (but not
> exclusively) found on paragraph-initial lines, where <k> and <t> seem to
> be comparatively rare; and that the four letters tend to occur in
> similar contexts (e.g. as parts of "platform gallows").
> 
> These facts, besides their shapes, strongly suggest that <p> and <f>
> are basically ornate variants of <t> and <k>. But then the
> hooked/straight distinction would have no parallel in <k> and <t>.

According to my transcription alphabet table

EVA	  Currier
p	  B
f	  V
k	  F
t	  P

D'Imperio points to f57r where there is a repeated sequence of characters,
except in one sequence V occurs for B. On that basis, she suggests that
perhaps B = V (and therefore, possibly F = P) (i.e., p = f and k = t
rather than p = t and f = k).

Karl