31-10-2017, 07:52 PM
I wonder whether he began with full colouring the red stars, but then moved to just colouring the centres for brevity. In that case, this might mean that 108r should be moved forward into the place of the third bifolio in the quire, instead of f105r. This would also mean that he produced upper left sides of all bifolios in succession: 103r, 104r, 108r, and so on (see Rene's chart here: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ). Which probably makes sense: you take a bifolio, write a page, let it dry and work upon the next bifolio in the while.
One can argue that ochre is applied as blots from the very beginning (no full-coloured ochre stars, are there?). But that might be attributed to various properties of red and ochre. Red may be something which is easy to paint the whole star with (such as ink), while ochre - something which presents problems (watercolour, don't know).
One can argue that ochre is applied as blots from the very beginning (no full-coloured ochre stars, are there?). But that might be attributed to various properties of red and ochre. Red may be something which is easy to paint the whole star with (such as ink), while ochre - something which presents problems (watercolour, don't know).