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cule r is used. The vertical stroke of the minuscule r usually sits on the
line; exceptions are e.g., vdeg&ar (lra3), allir (Ira 10), svikari (lval 1),
ser (2vb3), ba6ir (2vbl7). Longs is used almost throughout. Thelongs
usually sits on the line; exceptions are found especially in instances,
where s occurs in initial or final position, e.g., segia (lra8), s(inna)
(2vb2), an nars (lrb4), heims (2vb6). Round s is employed as a Capital
(e.g., Sa [ 1 rb 12], Sia/nda [2vb4]), as a small Capital, and in ab-
breviations, in particular ofsua. Occasionally round s is found in non-
abbreviatedforms, e.g., keisara(lrbl 1-12), (= ss) vapnlauss (lrb22). Of
round i therearetwo types; in e.g., sva (2vbl 1) it sits on the line, in e.g.,
sva (1 ra8; 2vb 14) it descends below the line. The latter type is the more
common. The verdcal stroke of the t always goes slightly above the
cross-bar. Consonantal and vocalic u is written v throughout. y is
formed by the right-hand stroke and is always written with a dot. The z
is barred and does not extend below the line. The Tironian nota (= ok)
has the shape of the figure 7 and is barred; it always extends below the
line. Of capitals A (e.g., ANan [lra39]), E (e.g., Enn [2vbl]), H
(Ttteodosius [ 1 rb 13], J (e.g., Justina [lra4]), M (e.g., Margir [ 1 ral2]), N
(e.g., Nv [lra20]), T (e.g., Theodosius [ 1 rb 12]), V (e.g., Vrsvla [ 1 rb 1 ])
and S (see above) are used. A small Capital g occurs, for example, in the
abbreviation of Gregorius (crecorius [2vbl3]). Moreover, small Capi-
tal v,«, and s are now and then used to denote geminate n, r, ands (e.g.,
aNan [ 1 ral 9], viNO [2vb3], meiR [ 1 ral 4], foRa5 [2vb2], vapnlaus [ 1 rb22]).
A small superscript Capital m is found in e.g., scynsamligom (2vbl),
monnom (lra8; 2vb7). Of ligatures a/ (a+v) [e.g., a/mo (lra22)], de/Qe
(d/6+e) [e.g., oAfiiona&e (2vb7)], da (d+o) [e.g., Theodosius (1 rb 12)], ft
(f+t) [e.g., fyrst (2vb8)], £ (J>+f) [e.g., l>«*s (2vbl8)], fi (h+f) [e.g., hans
(2vbl)], £ (k+f)[e.g., kongsens (lvb23)] are in evidence. Accents are
found now and then (e.g., foRa& [2vb2], mwnclifi [2vb5], vilia [2vbl0])
but are employed without system and are not reproduced in the text
below. A semicolon is used in the abbreviation of me5 [med [e.g.,
2vbl]). The ns-abbreviation resembles the figure 9 and is written above
the line, e.g., maximus (lra35). The nasal stroke proper is used for m
and n. A superscript dot (overg, n,p, and t) is used to denote geminate
g, n, p, and t (e.g., tveggia [2vb8], Enn [2vbl] vp^ [lrb25],
[2vb 10]).
An analysis of the orthography would seem to indicate that the frag-
ment was written in the first half of the fourteenth century. The word