(08-11-2025, 04:35 AM)Aga Tentakulus Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Crowns were certainly found everywhere, but they have distinctive features. Examples:France/lily, Italy/cloverleaf, Habsburg with jagged edges or teeth, another with a stingray.
Wow, thanks! It seems we can exclude France and Italy as the inspiration for that crown; and Habsburg, with the jagged edges, remains the best match so far. Unfortunately it was in use since before 1420...
Quote:I don't care what you see there, it's clear to me that the crown was there and was sketched in pencil by the author.
Fair enough. For my part, I don't care for the "pencil sketches" that you see there, it is clear to me that the crown is a much later addition by the Boobs Retracer.
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(08-11-2025, 10:21 AM)Jorge_Stolfi Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Unfortunately it was in use since before 1420...
I don't understand that.
In the past, however, lead was mainly used for drawing and sometimes also for writing.
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(08-11-2025, 11:57 AM)Aga Tentakulus Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I don't understand that.
I mean that it does not give a more restricted range of dates for the drawing of that crown.
Quote:In the past, however, lead was mainly used for drawing and sometimes also for writing.
I am aware of that.
For instance, I just saw on You are not allowed to view links.
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However, I don't see clear signs of pencil traces in the VMS, apart perhaps from some marginal notes. The faint traces, of text and figures, all look like drawn in ink with a pen -- just faded. And there there are examples that show a continuum between well-preserved brown traces and traces fading to complete invisibility...
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