[split] Did the VM go straight from cerebellum to vellum?

[oshfdk]

Back in Europe, he organized those notes and had them transcribed to vellum, either by himself or by a hired Scribe (I believe the latter, but it does not matter).  All the decorative elements, including nymphs hats pools canopies etc. were added at that time.

Looks like I keep forgetting the sequence of events here. Each time I think about this I find it absolutely improbable that no specifically oriental images or designs would have ended up in the manuscript if made this way, so I feel the need to fabricate some additional explanation for this, but we already had this discussion and to you there is nothing strange about this at all.