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rr (ligature)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 (1134) = Book of Fermoy [s. xiv/xv], p. 32File:

Letters displayed:

<rr / r>

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

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Combination

Notational device:

Ligature

Components:

At the baseline:

Ligature letters:

r (regular)

Represents: r (Irish)r (Latin)

and

r (regular)

Represents: r (Irish)r (Latin)

Not to be confused with:

m (regular), sr (digraph)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: rr

In Latin: rr

Context

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Examples in other contexts, if available

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

rr (rotunda)

Represents: rr (Irish)rr (Latin)

Notational device: Digraph