16-04-2016, 10:53 PM
How about this possibility. It's a personal shorthand of the scribe. Just like someone today might text "I'll B L8" it could uses the normal alphabet and add characters to compress common words or parts of words into a single character. Someone using such a shorthand would also be likely to abbreviate which would further complicate reading their work. If you're copying information from a book you don't own, all you want is the information - and you want to get the copying done as fast as possible - so as long as you can read your text it's a good copy.
Your apprentice might be taught the same system and inherit your notebook which could account for multiple scribes. Or several people might use the same system and visit different libraries to bring back new knowledge and have all their notes bound into a single volume.
Your apprentice might be taught the same system and inherit your notebook which could account for multiple scribes. Or several people might use the same system and visit different libraries to bring back new knowledge and have all their notes bound into a single volume.