Ampersand
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The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the word et.
Bilingual Irish street sign, with ⁊ used to represent agus (first line) and & used to represent and (second line)
An ampersand written with the vertical stroke merged into the edges
Albertus (typeface) sampler (1936). Two styles of ampersand are shown.
Carolingian minuscule
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Carolingian minuscule or Caroline minuscule is a script which developed as a calligraphic standard in the medieval European period as part of an overall effort to create a clear, uniform, and consiste
Ampersand
…the middle of 4th century are examples of how the et-ligature could look in this script. During the later development of the Latin script leading up to Carolingian minuscule (9th century) the use of ligatures in general diminished. The et-ligature, however, continued to be used and gradually became more stylized and less…
Carolingian minuscule alphabet.
Page of text (folio 160v) from a Carolingian Gospel Book (British Library, Add MS 11848), written in Carolingian minuscule. Text is Vulgate Luke 23:15–26.
A page of the Freising manuscripts, showing 10th-century Slovene text written in Carolingian minuscule. Bavarian State Library, Munich.