01-04-2016, 12:32 PM
I think it can be seen that (at least in some folios - I did not check all of them) the paint has been applied before the binding took place.
E.g., consider You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the subsequent f2r. The green colour is of different hue in f2r. However, if we consider f8r, which is part of the same (verso) side of the same bifolio as f1v, the hue is the same.
Of course, this is only natural if the paint is applied directly in the course of preparing the book. But there have been assumptions that the painting might have been made by another person, possibly much later than the text. The hues seem to tell that if it were so, then in any case it was before any binding took place.
E.g., consider You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the subsequent f2r. The green colour is of different hue in f2r. However, if we consider f8r, which is part of the same (verso) side of the same bifolio as f1v, the hue is the same.
Of course, this is only natural if the paint is applied directly in the course of preparing the book. But there have been assumptions that the painting might have been made by another person, possibly much later than the text. The hues seem to tell that if it were so, then in any case it was before any binding took place.