08-05-2020, 07:11 AM
This is a thought provoking thread, Anton! What appears to be going on is that the collection of words that the scribe needed to write onto the folio were split into groups. The groups were then written down in lines or part lines at (x,y) coordinates on the folio. Presumably there were rules s/he was following: these words have to go top left, these other words have to be at the bottom right, these have to be between the branches of the plant, and so forth.
As you have shown, on some folios, the lines of words appear disjoint, and this is where a different group was being written, just like in your image with the blue and black underlines.
My question is: how might this relate to the folio-positional frequencies of the glyphs. Some glyphs "prefer" being at the top of the folio, others at the left of the folio, etc.. Does this somehow tie in with the folio placement of groups of words you have shown? Are we able to isolate the disjoint word blocks and look at their glyph frequency properties, for example?
As you have shown, on some folios, the lines of words appear disjoint, and this is where a different group was being written, just like in your image with the blue and black underlines.
My question is: how might this relate to the folio-positional frequencies of the glyphs. Some glyphs "prefer" being at the top of the folio, others at the left of the folio, etc.. Does this somehow tie in with the folio placement of groups of words you have shown? Are we able to isolate the disjoint word blocks and look at their glyph frequency properties, for example?