Who is R.A.B., really?

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No: HPFGUIDX 138286

kathy said:
> > I think there's a good possibility that, because of the way in
> > which it appears on the page, that R.A.B. is a monogram, and 
> > should be read as "R.B.A.", where the surname initial is given 
> > prominence, i.e. in the CENTER.
 
Sarah:
> Must be the Scholastic version.  In the Bloomsbury edition, the RAB
> letter is written in plain italic typeface, and is signed just
> "R.A.B."

cfb3:
HP Lexicon has a scan of the note as it appears in the Scholastic edition:

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/images/chapters/hbp/c28-rba-note-to-the-dark-lord.gif

Even as it appears in the Scholastic edition, I wouldn't say it's
likely the signature is a monogram.  The signature is no more stylized
than the rest of the note, it contains periods, and the "A" is not
larger than the "R" and "B" (it's rather the reverse).

It is ironic, however, how the initials appear in the name of the file.

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