S (short)

> S (short)

Image:

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» 1. [File] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 81
» 2. [File] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406], f. 148v

Letter(s) displayed:

<S>

(base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye)

Letter(s) represented:

S

(in the scribe's mind or in normalised spelling)

Appearance

Build type:

Component

Position:

Baseline

Type of symbol:

Alphabetic letter

Letter case:

majuscule

Equivalent form in minuscule:

s (insular)

Comments:

A smaller or 'minuscule' version of short s is occasionally found in place of an insular or long s. It may be used, for instance, when it concludes a line of writing, as in (no)-regtaiss below.

Meaning

Represents:

» S

Provenance

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

>		Is (I through S)
		Represents: » IS, Is » Notational device: Ligature

>		iS (vertical S through I)
		Represents: » IS, Is (Irish) » Notational device: Ligature

>		regtaiss (example)
		Represents: » regtaiss (Irish)

Entries related in meaning:

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

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