If we are talking about a fake cipher (a text with no meaning), it makes no sense to write such a quantity of identical words together. The author should be aware not to repeat words excessively, since words repeated too closely can lead one to think the text is fake. I mean, imagine writing and inventing words at the same time; consciously or not, you’re not going to repeat the same word twice in a row.
On the other hand, there might be stylistic reasons to emphasize adjectives or words (as in that old, old man…), but this is mostly common in novels or storytelling, and the MS does not seem to be that sort of book.
I would also make a point here, since we are talking about repetitions, regarding character repetition. It is extremely rare to find languages with such long consecutive repetitions of characters (e.g. ???ooooooooolar (if it is really a word, so werid with the dots after and before...), eeee appears in eight words, hhh in five words, rrr in one word). While word repetition may sometimes be stylistic, character repetition within words makes the word itself different. I know I could write difeeeeeeeeerent and you will still understand it as different, as if I were screaming, but this is a modern style, and I doubt it was intended that way in the 15th century.
On the other hand, there might be stylistic reasons to emphasize adjectives or words (as in that old, old man…), but this is mostly common in novels or storytelling, and the MS does not seem to be that sort of book.
I would also make a point here, since we are talking about repetitions, regarding character repetition. It is extremely rare to find languages with such long consecutive repetitions of characters (e.g. ???ooooooooolar (if it is really a word, so werid with the dots after and before...), eeee appears in eight words, hhh in five words, rrr in one word). While word repetition may sometimes be stylistic, character repetition within words makes the word itself different. I know I could write difeeeeeeeeerent and you will still understand it as different, as if I were screaming, but this is a modern style, and I doubt it was intended that way in the 15th century.