So, is the L disaster a reference to Leibniz and Lisbon and Lermontov? Oddly enough you might be onto something. Your comparison of the greek/russian shape of miniscule
L to an inverted latin
V reminds me that I thought there might be a connection to Victor Hugo and his use of the letter V as his symbol to Vaniada's use of a similar symbol in
Ada ... It all seems so long ago.
Carolyn