08-02-2016, 02:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2016, 02:40 PM by Diane.
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Rene,
Thank you for that very full account. Yes, I'm aware of the work done on 'Archaic Mark' and also the work which McCrone did in central Asia among other things.
Both these groups have an enormous reputation in my area, and I had hoped to see the sort of reports which they have produced for other projects. As you say, being privately commissioned, their ability to write anything for publication was restricted. Pity, but there it is. Someone had to pay them.
I recently looked at the video again, and only after reading your account of the events did it occur to me that the business of having you stand by, point to particular folios and nod after you were looked at enquiringly by the sampler was probably nothing more than the programmer's instructions, trying to add a bit more dynamic to the scene.
Sorry.
For other readers, perhaps I should clarify Rene's last point.
Zyats couldn't confirm that the content was homogenous, but that to her it seemed as if the present copy was made of consistent -looking vellum and there was no drastic variation in hands or in the quality of ink.
As to whether the content all came from one place or time - quite a different matter. All we know is that it was brought together to wherever it was copied by c.1438.
Thank you for that very full account. Yes, I'm aware of the work done on 'Archaic Mark' and also the work which McCrone did in central Asia among other things.
Both these groups have an enormous reputation in my area, and I had hoped to see the sort of reports which they have produced for other projects. As you say, being privately commissioned, their ability to write anything for publication was restricted. Pity, but there it is. Someone had to pay them.
I recently looked at the video again, and only after reading your account of the events did it occur to me that the business of having you stand by, point to particular folios and nod after you were looked at enquiringly by the sampler was probably nothing more than the programmer's instructions, trying to add a bit more dynamic to the scene.
Sorry.
For other readers, perhaps I should clarify Rene's last point.
Zyats couldn't confirm that the content was homogenous, but that to her it seemed as if the present copy was made of consistent -looking vellum and there was no drastic variation in hands or in the quality of ink.
As to whether the content all came from one place or time - quite a different matter. All we know is that it was brought together to wherever it was copied by c.1438.