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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 557844, member: 5833"]I've been trying to let my brain play with the possibilities that what looks so clearly like 'p' is something else, such as 'fi', and that the 'd' is also something else. There's an extra down stroke there for a conventional cursive 'd', & Louis has dispensed with a lot of the usual flourishes for a pretty spare script, not added extra ones in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 557844, member: 5833"]I've been trying to let my brain play with the possibilities that what looks so clearly like 'p' is something else, such as 'fi', and that the 'd' is also something else. There's an extra down stroke there for a conventional cursive 'd', & Louis has dispensed with a lot of the usual flourishes for a pretty spare script, not added extra ones in.[/QUOTE]
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