[Article] Voynich Paleography article

[Mark Knowles]

The summary is that this does not seem to have been something that was a personal choice of the scribe, but was somehow agreed or prescribed.

Yes, it seems the question as to whether each scribe was to some extent autonomous or merely following the dictation of someone else is key. So can we say a given scribe made a significant choice to do something a certain distinct way? I suppose this would be reflected in how different the output of each scribe was. A group of collaborators as opposed to one author dictating to his scribes are two very different visions of creation, with unclear, yet I would think, very significant implications.