13-09-2018, 09:27 PM
Thanks Helmut! I think I asked this question some ten times here, but I ever forget. 
Unfortunately, "he etc." (or "hо etc.") does not look very promising. Maybe it's "heu" or "her" after all.
But it occurred to me that we may underestimate the fact that f17r is the first folio of the quire. On one hand, this just makes it a suitable place for marginalia - quite like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. or You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are. On the other hand, the inscription on the first folio of a quire may serve as an instruction relating to the whole quire.
I checked, through Lexer, what are MHD words beginning with "luc".
Two interesting options are actually what their modern counterparts are: "luch" and "lucke".
In the first case, "Luch" is something like "swamp" or "marsh". Given that the next word may be "heu" which stands for "grass", the whole phrase might be like "paint all marsh grass..." - which would suggest that the quire in question should be dedicated to marsh plants specifically. If plants in the VMS are grouped by their range, this would narrow the scope of identification.
In here, it is interesting to ascertain whether, in the first place, the abbreviation that we observe could be expected to stand for the appropriate word form of "Luch" (or adjective formed from "Luch"). In the second place, whether "mallier" would be OK to stand for "depict" (as "make pictures of") instead of "paint" (as "apply paint to the pictures").
In the second case, "Lücke" is something like "blank" or "omission", with the phrase then suggesting "paint all blanks ..." - like maybe a reminder for the person who was to apply the paint.
Unfortunately, "he etc." (or "hо etc.") does not look very promising. Maybe it's "heu" or "her" after all.
But it occurred to me that we may underestimate the fact that f17r is the first folio of the quire. On one hand, this just makes it a suitable place for marginalia - quite like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. or You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are. On the other hand, the inscription on the first folio of a quire may serve as an instruction relating to the whole quire.
I checked, through Lexer, what are MHD words beginning with "luc".
Two interesting options are actually what their modern counterparts are: "luch" and "lucke".
In the first case, "Luch" is something like "swamp" or "marsh". Given that the next word may be "heu" which stands for "grass", the whole phrase might be like "paint all marsh grass..." - which would suggest that the quire in question should be dedicated to marsh plants specifically. If plants in the VMS are grouped by their range, this would narrow the scope of identification.
In here, it is interesting to ascertain whether, in the first place, the abbreviation that we observe could be expected to stand for the appropriate word form of "Luch" (or adjective formed from "Luch"). In the second place, whether "mallier" would be OK to stand for "depict" (as "make pictures of") instead of "paint" (as "apply paint to the pictures").
In the second case, "Lücke" is something like "blank" or "omission", with the phrase then suggesting "paint all blanks ..." - like maybe a reminder for the person who was to apply the paint.