marginalia: was it personal?

[davidjackson]

There are plenty of colophones out there, a brief scribble saying who the scribe was. Often with a little note attached. One of the best ones was a note saying (more or less in Latin) written by so and so on such a date - thanks be to God this dam thing is finished, time for a drink.

I believe the colophon business was encouraged or discouraged by different monasteries or scribble traditions.