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  • paleography
    / Textual corruptions

    …forest of vertical strokes called minims. The letter v rendered as u made two strokes, while i was often left without a dot or at best with a faint hairline, often misplaced. The group of letters ium could be read, as uim, uiui, niui, mui, miu, with many other variations.…

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    …forest of vertical strokes called minims. The letter v rendered as u made two strokes, while i was often left without a dot or at best with a faint hairline, often misplaced. The group of letters ium could be read, as uim, uiui, niui, mui, miu, with many other variations.…

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