VMs: re: 87v close-ups

["GC" <glenclaston@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can't help but notice that this page has some very clear
examples of the characters I've been talking about off and on.
The first line has the 'teardrop' over the EVA <ch> character, and
also in the first line is a very good example of the connected
'ccc' glyph.  This usually has no tail in the middle of words, but
has a tail at the end of words, much like the 'n' and 'm' looking
glyphs.  Lines 4 and 5 have very good examples of the connected
'cc' glyph as part of the 'c', 'cc', 'ccc', and 'cccc' set,
similar to the set identified by the EVA <in> series.

As D'Imperio said, there is a logic to the glyph construction, and
it appears to me that their construction involves sets of like
glyphs, much like the Porta alphabet sets.  As an example,
D'Imperio identified several variants of the EVA <sh>, and while I
don't identify as many as she does due to close examination of the
writing style, I do identify the <sh> with the curl to the right
and to the left of the <ch> character, and I have found a page
where the 'teardrop' is prominent where the teardrop is also
written both to the right and left, very intentionally I might
add.  While these are much rarer than the 250 or so examples of
the teardrop in the center, they only add to my sense that these
marks meant something to the author, a lot more than just
haphazard strokes on a page.

GC