30-08-2019, 02:05 AM
I think you yourself once pointed out that the paragraphs seem to follow along with the diagrams, and i agree that seems to be the case, for instance with the page shown, i think i can see a paragraph for each of the five separate drawings. Wouldn't that lean more towards the 'images in their own right' idea? Or that the images actually go with the text, as opposed to being simply decorative.
I think the perceived framing is just part and parcel of organizing the text and drawings, it is more likely for the text to be on the inside than surrounding diagrams in the middle, especially if there are more than one illustration within the page. In fact it is sort of the definition of quire 13a, is it not, that the diagrams are organized in this way. but there are also the rest, where it is the other way, just less often. Usually though, in those cases, it is one or two drawings only, which makes it easier to draw them centrally then write around them, than to put them on the outer edges and end up with wasted space. I dont think there are two quires, it is just how it worked out with the drawings versus the text for any certain page, but it seems to me like organizing the loose pages of an illustrated jack and jill book and deciding it is two separate books, one about jack, and one about jill.
Also, there appears to be a lack of architecture in the vms drawings, unless knee high vessels generally seeming to hold water count, at least for the examples shown. But i believe they are more indicative of natural formations myself.
I think the perceived framing is just part and parcel of organizing the text and drawings, it is more likely for the text to be on the inside than surrounding diagrams in the middle, especially if there are more than one illustration within the page. In fact it is sort of the definition of quire 13a, is it not, that the diagrams are organized in this way. but there are also the rest, where it is the other way, just less often. Usually though, in those cases, it is one or two drawings only, which makes it easier to draw them centrally then write around them, than to put them on the outer edges and end up with wasted space. I dont think there are two quires, it is just how it worked out with the drawings versus the text for any certain page, but it seems to me like organizing the loose pages of an illustrated jack and jill book and deciding it is two separate books, one about jack, and one about jill.
Also, there appears to be a lack of architecture in the vms drawings, unless knee high vessels generally seeming to hold water count, at least for the examples shown. But i believe they are more indicative of natural formations myself.