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r (rotunda)

Image:

Source: Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18, 1339) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²], p. 113bFile:

Letters displayed:

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Base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye.

Letters represented:

r

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Component

Notational device:

Allograph

Position:

Baseline

Type of symbol:

Alphabetic letter

Letter case:

minuscule

Allograph of:

r (regular)

Represents: r (Irish)r (Latin)

Meaning

Represents:

r

Context

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

Cormac (rotunda and superscript c)

Represents: cormac, Cormac (Irish)

dr (digraph)

Represents: dr (Irish)dr (Latin)

Notational device: Digraph

Examples in context:

dicitur

or (o + rotunda)

Represents: or (Irish)or (Latin)

Notational device: Digraph

pr (digraph)

Represents: pr (Irish)pr (Latin)

Notational device: Digraph

rr (rotunda)

Represents: rr (Irish)rr (Latin)

Notational device: Digraph

Entries related in meaning:

Possible equivalents matching one of the values in the transcription above, if available

r (regular)

Represents: r (Irish)r (Latin)