14-03-2024, 02:27 AM
The easier exercise is to just colour code (stretch) the ink colours. This highlights (among other things like illumination or the state of the parchment) any changes in ink. I show two obvious cases on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
It strongly suggests that the marginal stars were drawn as the text was written.
While that isn't exactly a shocking discovery, I find it interesting nonetheless, because in one case, on folio 108 verso, the marginal stars have been added to (what looks like) a long paragraph, not the usual short ones in quire 20.
A similar long paragraph on folio 116 recto does not have the marginal stars.
It strongly suggests that the marginal stars were drawn as the text was written.
While that isn't exactly a shocking discovery, I find it interesting nonetheless, because in one case, on folio 108 verso, the marginal stars have been added to (what looks like) a long paragraph, not the usual short ones in quire 20.
A similar long paragraph on folio 116 recto does not have the marginal stars.
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