09-05-2020, 11:27 PM
I wasn't specifically trying to suggest there were deadlines for the VMS, just trying to explain why several scribes working on a commissioned (professional level) tried to write as much the same as possible.
If the VMS were a family project (not saying that it is, it's only one possibility) and the purpose of the project were to teach skills like writing, illustrating, painting, organizing, observing, history, using a compass, creating patterns, or whatever else, then a useful skill would be to mimic writing.
Having said that, if one of the children (e.g., eldest son), were going to be taking along the finished product on his way to university or a place of apprenticeship, or ???, then there would be a time factor. Kids grow fast.
If the VMS were a family project (not saying that it is, it's only one possibility) and the purpose of the project were to teach skills like writing, illustrating, painting, organizing, observing, history, using a compass, creating patterns, or whatever else, then a useful skill would be to mimic writing.
Having said that, if one of the children (e.g., eldest son), were going to be taking along the finished product on his way to university or a place of apprenticeship, or ???, then there would be a time factor. Kids grow fast.