[split] Line padding, layout, Currier's "groups of letters"...

[Torsten]

All three can be true at the same time - i.e. that the layout was largely preserved (as Rene suggests, as per my argument that we can see copies of layout gaps that were presumably in the preceding document), that the text is abbreviated (e.g. if the text had previously been expanded via an intermediate verbose cipher stage), and also that the scribe was copying blindly (e.g. that the text was transformed in place on a wax tablet, and copied from there onto the page).

These are not entirely new observations. ;-)

The facts tells us otherwise. As expected damages in the vellum led to layout gaps. For example the rim on top of folio 112 is distorted. The corresponding layout gaps on folio 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. confirm that the layout for this page was made during writing.