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It's sad, isn't it
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14:10
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I have not come across them yet.
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14:11
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I have had documents from arond 1780s to 1912 the last four weeks
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14:13
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Yazeh, can you read the letters in the last word in one of the text,
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14:13
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The word next to the red arrow
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14:14
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to me it looks like German double s
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14:17
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contact a local Manuscript library, with historic books and documents.
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15:33
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It's not mine. Someone posted it on the forum
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15:33
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As you work with manuscripts, I thought you might be able to decipher it...
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18:19
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It helps a lot if you have more of a text when you read handwriting
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The p is sort of tall in some writing styles
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18:20
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in some r and i is nearly indistiguishable, since it is the same shape, just a bit more narrow curves
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18:21
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in some hand writing a minor f, s and h are very similar
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18:22
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e and an can be confusing
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Do you know of any style where V goes below the line?
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18:25
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there is f, h, p, q, x, y, z in some styles, but I can`t think if a v
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18:26
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they tend to have capital letters in nouns, so maybe pr, is sort of a minor prefix
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The last letter in the red arrow word: it has a sweeping finish, a swirly line of the nib
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It is not very common, but I have seen letters like ß and Æ used in 19. century English writing
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21:26
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I have seen quite a few uses of linguistic ligatures in 20th century English. I bemoan the passing of their usage. My moaning aside, here's an essay that I found interesting about ligatures:
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21:26
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https://www.teklibri.com/linguistic-ligatures-in-english/
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