[split] Why the VMS text is meaningful or meaningless?

[DonaldFisk]

FOR: (the Montemurro argument, which is confirmed also by my own analysis): the text shows variations which are typical for different subject matter, and the variations coincide with the types of illustrations.
(The main problem with this analysis is that Montemurro et al do not mention at all the two types of text on the Herbal pages, which are more different than that between sections with different illustrations.)

The Montemurro argument is something I addressed.   Although the text does indeed show variations which are typical of different subject matter, and the variations do coincide with the types of illustrations (except for the Currier B herbal pages), this can be achieved by making slight changes to the text generation process as the "author" proceeds through the manuscript.

Their observation was, if not actually evidence, at least a good argument for the text having meaning, but that argument is no longer valid as there's now an alternative explanation.