ea (ligature of allograph e and subscript a)

Image:
Ea-ligature-2.png
Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394], f. 121vFile:
Letters displayed:
<ea / e>
Base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye.
Represents in Irish:
ea
In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.
Appearance
Build type:
Combination
Notational device:
Ligature
Components:
At the baseline:
Ligature letters:



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Allograph of the letter e
Represents: e, e□ (Irish)e, e□ (Latin)
Notational device: Allograph Allograph of:  e (regular letter)
In subscript:
Ligature letters:



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a (subscript)
Represents:
a
Meaning
Represents:
In Irish: ea
Context