01-09-2023, 02:11 AM
I really do not know what you are trying to argue.
If another palaeographer would go into a discussion with Lisa, then that would make sense, but not in this case.
As Karl Kluge already pointed out, the existence of several different hands does not by itself rule out that the text could be meaningless. Just imagine this scenario (which is one of many possible scenarios):
A draft could have been created by one person, and this was copied into a final form, on parchment, by collaborating scribes.
I'm not making any statement about the likelihood of this scenario.
From my personal perspective, I am just interested in the variation of textual statistics, more in particular how they can be explained, or quantified better. I am not yet ready to conclude whether there are gradual changes or quantum jumps. In case there are quantum jumps, these may or may not coincide with page boundaries, or bifolios.
I have seen some indication that the main change from Currier language A to language B happens in the course of the zodiac section. All the jumps coinciding with bifolio changes that we observe can be ascribed to the pages order having been disturbed. (Even though it also isn't just as simple as that).
If another palaeographer would go into a discussion with Lisa, then that would make sense, but not in this case.
As Karl Kluge already pointed out, the existence of several different hands does not by itself rule out that the text could be meaningless. Just imagine this scenario (which is one of many possible scenarios):
A draft could have been created by one person, and this was copied into a final form, on parchment, by collaborating scribes.
I'm not making any statement about the likelihood of this scenario.
From my personal perspective, I am just interested in the variation of textual statistics, more in particular how they can be explained, or quantified better. I am not yet ready to conclude whether there are gradual changes or quantum jumps. In case there are quantum jumps, these may or may not coincide with page boundaries, or bifolios.
I have seen some indication that the main change from Currier language A to language B happens in the course of the zodiac section. All the jumps coinciding with bifolio changes that we observe can be ascribed to the pages order having been disturbed. (Even though it also isn't just as simple as that).