[split] Jorge's Retracer Thread: darker ink, retracing of text and drawings

[Jorge_Stolfi]

I remember your post about the visual gag, if you are referring to the hole in the parchment and the hand of a nymph.

Yes.  That gag was clearly visible in some B&W images of f72r1:
   
Namely, the arm of the nymph at 08:30, Miss oparalar,  is drawn as if she was holding a star from f73r, while an extra arm was drawn on f72r1 to make it seem that the 09:00 nymph of f73r, Miss kar,  was holding oparalar's star.
 
This gag is not visible in the BL scans, because the folios were lifted off the book when they were imaged.  

In your scenario, was this gag copied from a draft too?

No.  I believe that the only significant contents of the Zodiac pages are the text rings and the labels. And that is all that would have been on the draft.  The Scribe provided everything else from his imagination - nymphs and stars, and their hairdos, hats, tails, barrels, etc.  And that gag.

All the best, --stolfi