Tironian notes are obviously the superior choice.

And well deserved, too!

Also, of course, the "Fredemaro">"Fredemari" immediately below.

Just a small follow up. A similar thing seems to have happened in a list of names in BnF, MS Lat. 2291, fol. 1v:
"Deodato" corrected to "Deodati".
I just thought of this conversation when I saw it.

As always, make sure to have all of the footnotes exclusively in highly abbreviated Latin.

Sorry, I'm afraid to ask, but what is the function of a "rat cylinder" in connection to a nuclear bomb test?

No problem!
Actually my first post on Bluesky, so let's hope it wasn't entirely wrong.

Please update if you come up with a better solution!

Yeah, it doesn't really look like a ligature, and even if it was it would be very non-standard.

I don't have deBruyne at hand, but does he indicate if he has used this manuscript for his edition?

Could it be as simple as a correction from initial mistake "asiano"?