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Author: Sean Crist (Swarthmore College)
Email: kurisuto at unagi dot cis dot upenn dot edu
Date: 2005-04-10 11:31:52
Subject: Re: bt_b0286.pdf
> In the definition of fiér-féte, if I look at
> its use after the ":--", I'm not sure if it's
> fiérféte or fiérfête. It seems odd to me
> that both forms of "e" would be acute and yet look so
> different. Is it possible the second "e" in the word is
> a hand correction?
This looks like an instance of something which has come up repeatedly: namely, the acute accents are not consistent in their shape and slant, probably because the typesetter did not have enough of this unusual character and perhaps had to use type from more than one font.
If I saw the character you indicated totally out of context, I'd probably hesitate between calling this an acute or a circumflex. However, we know that there's this variation. The context is consistent with this being an acute but not a circumflex. So as for me, I have no hesitation in saying that this is an acute with a little extra blob of ink, or perhaps it's a slightly damaged piece of type.
--Sean
| Messages in this thread | Name | College/University | Date |
| bt_b0286.pdf |
Gene Brunner |
Penn State (retired) |
2005-03-16 08:05:54 |
| Re: bt_b0286.pdf |
Sean Crist |
Swarthmore College |
2005-04-10 11:31:52 |