09-04-2018, 09:08 PM
A valuable observation, Marco.
After having focused on the large plant pages layout for some time now, it's strange for me to see the VM text leaving an empty box in anticipation of something else. In general on a VM page, the draughtsman goes before the scribe. But this hints at the presence of a rubricator, or at least an expected rubrication phase.
Although, of course, it may have been copied/transcribed from an example that had the initial missing as well.
But if that's not the case, does that mean a Voynichese initial was expected here? Like a big red "O"? It can't have been a separate one-letter word, nor something that would have been considered a proper image.
And to take it further, does that mean that the "weirdoes" on the first page might be to Voynichese like initials are to regular script?
After having focused on the large plant pages layout for some time now, it's strange for me to see the VM text leaving an empty box in anticipation of something else. In general on a VM page, the draughtsman goes before the scribe. But this hints at the presence of a rubricator, or at least an expected rubrication phase.
Although, of course, it may have been copied/transcribed from an example that had the initial missing as well.
But if that's not the case, does that mean a Voynichese initial was expected here? Like a big red "O"? It can't have been a separate one-letter word, nor something that would have been considered a proper image.
And to take it further, does that mean that the "weirdoes" on the first page might be to Voynichese like initials are to regular script?
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