Ink/pen dynamics and the rhythms of writing

[ReneZ]

This is a very interesting line of thought, and I have a feeling that it may be relevant for a proper understanding of the text. However, it is extremely complicated (or rather: convoluted) due to the many unknowns at different levels. 
This is especially true if one can 'switch off' all preferences for one idea or the other.

The infamous "Line As A Functional Unit" is mainly based on observations about properties of the text at starts and ends of lines. I think that Currier took a rather big step there. Such properties may have been the consequence of quite simple rules, without giving a specific role to the line as a whole.
However, they could still be better described in order to judge that properly.
I think that this goes to the heart of the question how much freedom the scribes may have had.

Not to mention that nowadays I guess we should more be speaking of the "Paragraph As An Island Unit".