[Interview] Voynich Ninja interview with Lisa Fagin Davis

[LisaFaginDavis]

I think that 105r is a change of ink and pen rather than of scribe...although it's also possible that the top part is Scribe 2 and the rest Scribe 3 (as on f. 115r). I went back and forth about 105r, but for my forthcoming piece in Manuscript Studies (coming out in early May) I committed to Scribe 3 for the full page. It is certainly possible that any further dialectal distinctions that are made based on my scribal corpora will help refine my work. For example, if someone discerns orthographic "rules" that are specific to my Scribe 3, and the darker-ink portion of f. 105r doesn't obey those rules but instead reflects Scribe 2 usage, that would then suggest that the top portion should perhaps be re-attributed to Scribe 2. That's exactly the kind of analysis I hope my work will spur.