24-02-2018, 11:28 AM
I see your point, Marco, though I still find the situation puzzling. How could the VM be dependent on the Tractatus tradition, but at the same time revert to a property that was present in hypothetical Arab exemplars, the loose winding?
And which host tree would be meant for the 747 Ivy? If the leaves in its exemplar looked like this, I can see how they gave rise to a "correction" towards oak on various occasions. The different leaf edges in the VM and different structure of the branch might also point towards a more complex relation. The manuscripts are likely related, but perhaps not as closely related as one would think at first sight.
And which host tree would be meant for the 747 Ivy? If the leaves in its exemplar looked like this, I can see how they gave rise to a "correction" towards oak on various occasions. The different leaf edges in the VM and different structure of the branch might also point towards a more complex relation. The manuscripts are likely related, but perhaps not as closely related as one would think at first sight.