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Italics and 08-Regular: LATIN SMALL LETTER Q LIGATED WITH FINAL ET
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribal_abbreviation#Marks_with_relative_meaning
https://mufi.info/m.php?p=mufichars&i=1&v=Q
https://mufi.info/m.php?p=muficharinfo&i=4310
Edit: Just discovered that it's already present in EBGaramond12-Regular:
Oh yes, I even put it in the right MUFI spot :D
My issue with the italic version was that I wasn‘t sure about its meaning—the attached supposed 'et' is below baseline and then there‘s the acute accent. Of course, the written word I’d read as 'operarumque' but I wasn‘t sure if I’d have to dissect the glyph further (leaving away the accent). Therefore I postponed it... @Alexander-Wilms do you have more insight there?
There’s one in EBG08 regular as well, displaying the semicolon shape and sitting in the wrong spot (E01C). There’s also the variant with acute accent in E00C. EBG08 Italic has the same but in reversed order (the accented variant in E01C and the unaccented in E00C).
:D OK, being a librarian in most cases doesn’t help here. Even if the librarian loves ancient languages... I’ll investigate more.