I don't know the answer to this and Dybowski's transcrip makes no mention of it. It doesn't look like a paragraph mark. It they are letters, the first two letter look like r and i.

If it was a repeat indication it could be related to reddo/reddere - to repeat: reddite or redditote as imperatives.

I did also wonder if it was an abbreviation for RIP (relating to the Corpus Christi of the last line): The horizonal of the last character over the i can signify in, but the remaining flourish at the end doesn't seem to be any relative of a letter p.


I can't see anything like it in the few palaeography books available to me (mostly court hand). The problem is that there are a lot of letter forms and a lot of abbreviations and contractions. You probably need to find someone familiar with the manuscripts. You could try and email to the library (librarian@balliol.ox.ac.uk, given with the online text). They may know themselves or can probably find out for you. (If you do find out, come back and let us know!).

Mick