Ink/pen dynamics and the rhythms of writing
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(30-09-2024, 01:03 PM)pfeaster wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Rough initial impression (assuming a more-or-less linear mode of writing): the writer wrote [checKhey cheol]; re-charged the pen with ink (in some way that caused the following script to be especially dark relative to the rest of the page); went back to amend [cheol] to [Sheol] while it was at its fullest; then continued writing [qokedy ykeedy chedy], with ink starting to run out on the final [y]; re-charged the pen; and finally wrote [ldy], with so much ink flowing into the [l] that it pooled up and filled the loop, already leaving the supply running low again by the following [y].

Hi Patrick,
I think it could also be that they wrote [checKhey c], recharged the pen, then added the plume of S and went on with [heol]. The leftmost c-stroke of Sheol is as faded as the final stroke of -y in checKhey, but the 'h' of Sheol is considerably darker (though less dark than the plume).
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RE: Ink/pen dynamics and the rhythms of writing - by MarcoP - 01-10-2024, 07:39 AM

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