11-06-2017, 11:37 AM
Anton,
the idea to look at pages that were probably done with special care is an interesting one.
Contrary to expectation, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is not such a page. The very first word is already hard to read, and the earliest transcribers (Friedmans group and Currier) made something completely different out of it. I mentioned this point a long time ago, and the suggestion was made that the scribe was still 'getting used to' the script.
If this is true, it has important consequences on what may have happened before this scribe dipped his pen and wrote
fachys or fyays (etc).
There are a few pages in the MS where the text seems to have been written with extra care:
very straight lines and straight right margin. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are examples.
It might be worth looking at these in more detail.
the idea to look at pages that were probably done with special care is an interesting one.
Contrary to expectation, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is not such a page. The very first word is already hard to read, and the earliest transcribers (Friedmans group and Currier) made something completely different out of it. I mentioned this point a long time ago, and the suggestion was made that the scribe was still 'getting used to' the script.
If this is true, it has important consequences on what may have happened before this scribe dipped his pen and wrote
fachys or fyays (etc).
There are a few pages in the MS where the text seems to have been written with extra care:
very straight lines and straight right margin. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are examples.
It might be worth looking at these in more detail.
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