08-07-2020, 06:20 AM
Interesting question.
This looks like one for Lisa.
This is folio 51v, and I see several other areas that look similarly 'damaged'.
I would not expect that scraped areas would be darker, but I am not the expert.
My guess is bad areas in the parchment, or some result of the parchment preparation process.
This looks like one for Lisa.
This is folio 51v, and I see several other areas that look similarly 'damaged'.
I would not expect that scraped areas would be darker, but I am not the expert.
My guess is bad areas in the parchment, or some result of the parchment preparation process.

