Currier A and B

[julian]

Or, the cipher relies on some mechanism (e.g. a cipher disk) that was reset between the writing of A folios and B folios.

That's, in particular, what I mean when I speak of the different initial conditions.

I'm not saying this isn't possible, but usually when cipher disks are reset, the result is significantly different rather than different in a few small details.

I'm also influenced by Strong's idea of multiple alphabets being used in some defined progression: if the scribe accidentally misses one alphabet out of the sequence then the result might be similar to what we see.

Is there a thread about Strong's proposal? (I know you have written about it in your blog, JKP.)