25-04-2024, 08:11 AM
What I mean by the botched job is the colouring of the plants with paint. Once conscientiously like example F8v. And then botched again, as in f95v.
Is that how you would do it as a counterfeiter?
About the photocopy where you took the photo. The Tepenece lettering is neither better nor worse than it is today. If you look closely, you can also see the cloud of plaster in some places. What now? Bad photocopy, bad chemist or bad photographer.
No matter what, it looks exactly the same as it does today.
But what is nice to see on the photocopy is that the lid had a leather cover. Wrapping. The edge is clearly visible.
By the way.
How do you keep a stack of whole sheets of parchment for 500 years, at a time when the material was scarce and often needed, when supplies were constantly coming in, and that without mixing it with parchment from other centuries?
Why are the pages with pictures more worn than the pages with only text? (recipe section). Is this intentional, or is it simply because pictures are more interesting than text alone, and so have been used more over the years?
This has nothing to do with forgery, it's just the ravages of time.
That's my opinion now. All things considered, there is no other option.