What are the characteristics of Labelese?

[Linda]

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.

From my perspective, the areas in quire 13 that get labels, for instance You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. top nymphs, are on the shore of the Mediterranean. The rest is inland. Same for f80v, it is not on the shore, hence no labels. Labels on  Portolan charts had labels for places mainly around the shores. Well known ones would sometimes get specially colored labels to denote this fame. I cant yet explain all the occurences nor lackings thereof though.

 F76v would be outside the Mediterranean, and perhaps labels would not be found west of its realm. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. would also be outside that realm to the east. 

They could also denote coordinates of some kind, from a written account of the area, rather than from a map.