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Farley P Katz's avatar

The "n" in "Irany" is not an upside-down "u." The letters are quite different in thickness, serifs, etc. I

have posted a comparison on my google drive. See https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CJfhp8Hzp_j-KiuGWqMN2kktEybSgaR3/view?usp=sharing

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Adam Smyth's avatar

Thanks for this — you’re right!

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Mike Chisholm's avatar

A shame to lose that wonderful "irony shed" in the trivial scholarly pursuit of making sense (great name for a podcast, btw). Someone should put together a "Completely & Deliberately Misread Variorum Shakespeare" edition, together with Bowdlerian emendations ("Thy mistress, Pisanio, hath played the trumpet in my bed" springs to mind), Drydenisms, and the rest... Perhaps they have?

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Patrick Wall's avatar

Interesting.

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