Thoughts upon the leaf marginalia indicating provenance...
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(04-04-2019, 05:46 PM)davidjackson wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Simply an off the cuff thought that I haven't thought through, but, surely the presence of the various 15th century Latin characters hidden on leaves is a hint that the manuscript was originally produced by people with extensive or even native knowledge of western European literary tradition?

IE, it's unlikely that a native writer of a script other than Roman would have used Roman characters in these places.

David, I'm not quite sure what you mean by "hidden on leaves". Which Latin characters are hidden?
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RE: Thoughts upon the leaf marginalia indicating provenance... - by -JKP- - 04-04-2019, 07:40 PM

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