Re: VMs: transcriptions and shorthand notes

["Larry Roux" <LRoux@xxxxxxx>]

Yes!  Sometimes determining what is an "r" vs "s" vs c-with the upper swirl, etc can be a real pain.

urgh. As if this is not hard enough already!




Larry Roux
Syracuse University
lroux@xxxxxxx


>>> r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx 06/08/04 05:06PM >>>
GC wrote:

> For instance, the EVA <r> and <s>.  If you look at
> <r>, it is really nothing
> more than <i> with a "backward c" loop on the top. 
> <s> is nothing more than
> <e> with the same loop.  Start looking through and
> you're going to find that
> loop occasionally over the <y>, as well as in some
> of the oddest of places.
> What is that loop, and why would the <i> or <c> be
> any different without it?
> 
> You're also going to find the <r> with the
> <i>portion as the usual diagonal
> stroke, but also with a stroke that is vertical, as
> well as one that is
> horizontal.  How does this change the "meaning" of
> <r> ?

This is a real problem, as we have indicated from
the beginning. Both r and s appear in different
forms, and there are intermediate forms as well.
How much is this due to natural variation in
handwriting?

Have a look at f76r for some different versions of
the 's'. (Beinecke ID 1006210).

Cheers, Rene


	
		
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