VMs: Variant EVA y

[Koontz John E <John.Koontz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In p. 13r, in the last words (line f13r.P.10;H) kchy okorory, the y's
looks to me like an i plus a "y-flourish" as opposed to the classic y,
which seems to be an e (or c) plus a "y-flourish."  I admit that it might
be difficult to distinguish the two possibilities regularly, certainly so
if it were my handwriting.  Just looking at the rest of this one page, for
example, and using y' for this possible alternate y:

f13r.P.2;H

dol shkchy' (I'd say one word) (a somewhat intermediate case)
y'kchy
y' (another intermediate case)

f13r.P.3;H

y' (again intermediate)
y'kor
y'tshy y'kchy

f13r.P.4;H

qodchy'
y'tchy

f13r.P.5;H

dpchy' qopchy'
cfhol dy'

f13r.P.7;H

d oldy'okchor (I'd have said d oldy okchor or doldy okchor))

f13r.P.8;H

shochy'

f13r.P.9;H

oldy'
daldy'

I'm not sure I'm really seeing anything here, and plainly more experienced
eyes have rejected this possibility over much larger samples.  If there is
a difference it seems to turn on whether there is a distinct gap across
the bottom, and/or on whether the stroke on the left seems straight or
straight with a small right-hooking serif at the bottom as opposed to
there being no gap, or a more curving (and of course right-hooking) stroke
on the left.

John E. Koontz
http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz
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