17-01-2026, 10:47 AM
Thanks @Koen. Following your analysis, I checked some Latin manuscripts for the first word of the sentence, "mollior" (soft/softer in Latin, although I'm not a very good Latin speaker so feel free to correct me). I found something that also closely ressembles the VMS calligraphy:
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Look at the version in the VMS:
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The above example is from a 1422 manuscript called "Expositio missae" (BSB Clm 14310). You can find a scan here:
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Could this marginalia be in Latin? We would have "mollior all?r lucem".
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Look at the version in the VMS:
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The above example is from a 1422 manuscript called "Expositio missae" (BSB Clm 14310). You can find a scan here:
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Could this marginalia be in Latin? We would have "mollior all?r lucem".