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rr (rotunda)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406], f. 249rFile:

Letters displayed:

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

Represents in Irish:

rr

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Represents in Latin:

rr

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Combination

Notational device:

Digraph

Components:

At the baseline:

Digraph letters:

r (rotunda)

Represents:

r

Notational device: Allograph Allograph of:  r (regular)

and

r (rotunda)

Represents:

r

Notational device: Allograph Allograph of:  r (regular)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: rr

In Latin: rr

Type of unit:

Part of a word

Context

See also

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Examples in other contexts, if available

Entries related in meaning:

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

rr (ligature)

Represents: rr (Irish)rr (Latin)

Notational device: Ligature