28-10-2025, 01:32 PM
Hello JoJo_Jost,
You are re-discovering the phenomenon of local similarity: repetitions, almost-repetitions, clusters of similar words by some metric or other (for example the presence of k/t gallows)...
If a sequence like this in f108v.8 lists versions of the same word:
ysheedy okeedy oteedy qokeedy okeedy okeedy
what was the scribe thinking, in your opinion? The word could be ysheedy or okeedy or oteedy or qokeedy and did I already mention okeedy and okeedy? It's not likely that exactly the same word would be repeated multiple times if the idea is to list alternatives.
You are re-discovering the phenomenon of local similarity: repetitions, almost-repetitions, clusters of similar words by some metric or other (for example the presence of k/t gallows)...
If a sequence like this in f108v.8 lists versions of the same word:
ysheedy okeedy oteedy qokeedy okeedy okeedy
what was the scribe thinking, in your opinion? The word could be ysheedy or okeedy or oteedy or qokeedy and did I already mention okeedy and okeedy? It's not likely that exactly the same word would be repeated multiple times if the idea is to list alternatives.


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