[split] Color annotations?

[Koen G]

Yes, but in other herbals the remaining color annotations often match with the color. In the case posted by Rene above, you can also understand why they did it, because of the relatively difficult alternating pattern.

But when I go over the color annotations listed at Rene's site (often "r", "rot", or "possibly r"), I notice that most of these letters are found in blank parts and not near any red paint. Is it really such a crazy suggestion that the red paint was forgotten here? As Rene says, the VM painter wasn't exactly the most precise worker.

It is likely not a coincidence that this occurred precisely with red. As Sam G once noted, this is probably the only color that is used often in Currier A (37 pages), but rarely in B (1 page).

Considering this discrepancy together with the fact that several "red" color annotations are found in blank spaces suggests to me that red painting may have been halted at some point.