27-11-2018, 03:06 PM
(27-11-2018, 08:08 AM)-JKP- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It doesn't look like a shield to me. It looks like a flower with three petals close to the viewer and one on the side farthest from the viewer. Bell-shaped, like Campanula or blue Gentian flowers:
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It looks to me like the number one overwrites the drawing but I can't tell for certain because the ink colors are similar. It could be either way. When over-writing something else, there's always the possibility of a slight ink-skip because of the minutely raised texture of the underlying ink bumping the pen, so sometimes it's hard to tell.
The best way to figure it out is not by looking at an individual folio number, but by going through the folio numbers and seeing if there are others that overwrite (or underwrite) the drawings. The folio numbers are relatively consistent and were probably added all in one session. It's better to look at the context to see if there are other things that make the data clearer.
Are you 100% certain that your Photoshop is not enhancing a stalk reflecting through the page from f17v?
I do not know why you are suddenly becoming so devious. You are undoubtedly aware that there is no other instance where the page numbering comes into contact with page content. This makes it all the more the likely that the shield (disguised as a fleur de lys flower) is marginalia.
Determining what overwrites what should be a matter of elementary forensics, resolvable with nothing more than a good magnifying glass. Can anyone in this forum gain brief access to the VMS?