[split] The Strange Thing on 116v

[Anton]

I'm confused: Are you insinuating that the script on the last page of the VMS, in contrast to the drawings of animal and woman, was not made by the original author but was added at a later date?

On the contrary. The last line manifests itself as having been put down by the "author". (I would not agree that the handwriting of aror sheey differs in any respect from that of the main text). Since, obviously, it succeeds the spell block (not precedes it) in the folio, one can conclude that the spell block was also put down by the "author". As to the first line, it looks like the handwriting is similar to that of the rest of the lines, so it can be attributed to the same "author" as well.