30-08-2019, 07:06 PM
Linda says: "Another characteristic of labelese particular to quire 13 is that it is not always employed. Examples f76v, f79r, f79v, f80v. Some pages label consistenly, like f77r, some only parts of the page, like f80r, only the top nymphs get labels, not the rest."
I think this is an indicator that in many instances labels are not essential. There are many of the small plant drawings in the recipes section(so called) that have labels and many that do not. At least one of the small plants without a label, and I am sure others, is visually identical to a plant in the herbal section, showing this is a genuine plant, but no label was necessary. So in the context of my theory it would be perfectly reasonable for some labels to be null words as I label may have been superfluous anyway.
I think this is an indicator that in many instances labels are not essential. There are many of the small plant drawings in the recipes section(so called) that have labels and many that do not. At least one of the small plants without a label, and I am sure others, is visually identical to a plant in the herbal section, showing this is a genuine plant, but no label was necessary. So in the context of my theory it would be perfectly reasonable for some labels to be null words as I label may have been superfluous anyway.