25-11-2025, 07:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-11-2025, 07:52 PM by Jorge_Stolfi.)
Now a bit of Superior Pareidolia on f82r:
This clip covers the nymph at the NE corner of page f82r, and the right end of lines 1-8. As usual it shows a few original traces (Rt0, green labels), and two later retacing/retouching passes, (Rt1, cyan labels, and Rt2, purple labels).
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And here is what think the page looked like by ~1450, when the original Scribe was done with it, before all the later interventions in ink and paint:
Maybe the pool had a second outline on the back side, representing the edge of the water inside, but I cannot see sign of it now. Maybe the big "drain pipe" leading away from the pool was there, but the only bit of light trace on it is a smooth transition from the thicker Rt1 trace. Moreover, "hydraulically" it makes no sense. Finally, I see no sign that the spigot had originally a double edge to show the thickness of its wall. Those look like the sort of detail that the later restorers would have hallucinated, or felt necessary to add them for "clarity".
All the best, --stolfi
This clip covers the nymph at the NE corner of page f82r, and the right end of lines 1-8. As usual it shows a few original traces (Rt0, green labels), and two later retacing/retouching passes, (Rt1, cyan labels, and Rt2, purple labels).
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The surviving Rt0 traces are very faint. On the text, they are reduced to the tips of the tails of some glyphs. More of them survive on the outlines of the figure. The Rt1 pass possibly retracted the whole text, minus those tail tips. It also retraced some parts of the figure's outline, radically modifying some details. The Rt2 pass retraced part of the text and a few more details of the figure.
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(A,B) Contrast between Rt0 and Rt1 traces. (C,D) Contrast between Rt1 and Rt2 traces.
Text: (F) Tip of y tail still Rt0. (G) Tip of q tail still Rt0. (I) Ambiguity a/o created by Rt2. (J) Glyph n retraced by Rt2, CW plume. (K) Glyph r retraced by Rt2, CW plume, tip still Rt0.
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Figure: (L) Rt0 traces on spigot. (M) Rt0 outline of tub/pool.
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(N) Drain pipe added by Rt1. (O,P) Parts of pool outline added or retraced by Rt1. (Q) Outer edge of spigot added by Rt1. ® Original edge of spigot retraced by Rt1.
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(S) Section of drain pipe outline added by Rt2. (T) Parts of pool outline added or retraced by Rt2. (U) Hairline, forehead, eyebrow, and nose retraced bt Rt2. (V) Breast, nipples, belly button, and spurious crotch line added by Rt2. (W) Original crotch line retraced by Rt2.And here is what think the page looked like by ~1450, when the original Scribe was done with it, before all the later interventions in ink and paint:
Maybe the pool had a second outline on the back side, representing the edge of the water inside, but I cannot see sign of it now. Maybe the big "drain pipe" leading away from the pool was there, but the only bit of light trace on it is a smooth transition from the thicker Rt1 trace. Moreover, "hydraulically" it makes no sense. Finally, I see no sign that the spigot had originally a double edge to show the thickness of its wall. Those look like the sort of detail that the later restorers would have hallucinated, or felt necessary to add them for "clarity".
All the best, --stolfi