18-12-2025, 07:00 PM
More hallucinations in Pathécolor™® on page f48v, a random Herbal page:
This clip spans the left half of lines 7-11 of page f48v, including the flower group at the tip of the left branch.
As usual, the ink traces on this page can be classified into three layers. The original traces (Rt0) are generally thin (~0.3 mm) and very faint, almost invisible; only a few bits survive on the text (mostly in the ligatures). Most of the text strokes are from the general restoration pass (Rt1); they are dark grayish brown, with ~0.4 mm wide broadstrokes. Scattered glyphs are in even darker and wider, also with ~0.5 mm broadstrokes. Most, but not all, of the tail and plumes were fully retraced by Rt1 and/or Rt2.
On the figure outlines there are still substantial original Rt0 sections. There are some Rt1 traces (often thinner than those on the text, ~0.3 mm) and more Rt2 sections (as wide as on the text, ~0.5 mm). The green paint seems to be later than the Rt1 traces, and often seems to have washed them away. The order of the paint and the Rt2 traces is not clear.
(A,B,C,D,E) Presumed Rt0 traces. (F,G) ligatures may be Rt0. (H) Short Rt0 "tail" at the bottom of the left C of the Ch poking out from under the Rt1 retrace. (I) The SW corner of the left loop, the top half of the leg, and the tip of the hook of this p seem to be Rt0. The lower half of the leg seems to be Rt1, and the rest Rt2. (J) Imperfect retracing of the Rt0 C by Rt1. (K) The tip of the tail of this y is Rt0, the rest is Rt1. (L) This r may have been originally an s. The body was retraced as r by Rt1 and/or Rt2, who also retraced the distal half of the plume, possibly in the wrong sense (clockwise).
(M) Typical Rt1 retrace of text. (N) Rt1 retraces of branch outline. (O) Incorrect retracing of the Rt0 sepal edge © by Rt1. (P) The left half of this y is Rt1, the right half and tail are Rt0. (Q) The left stroke and most of the tail of this y is Rt2, the top of the right stroke is Rt1. (R,S) Rt1 retraces of the outer outlines of the calyxes. Note that the two flowers have separate pear-shaped calixes, with inner edges (B), but were "restored" by Rt1 and Rt2 as if they were a wider shared or fused calyx.
(U,V) Rt2 retraces of Rt0 or Rt1 traces. (W) Rt2 retrace of plant outline. (X) Typical Rt2 retrace of text.
(Y,Z) Examples of normal trace weight variation due to Rt1 letting the quill run out of ink and then recharging it.
All the best, --stolfi
This clip spans the left half of lines 7-11 of page f48v, including the flower group at the tip of the left branch.
As usual, the ink traces on this page can be classified into three layers. The original traces (Rt0) are generally thin (~0.3 mm) and very faint, almost invisible; only a few bits survive on the text (mostly in the ligatures). Most of the text strokes are from the general restoration pass (Rt1); they are dark grayish brown, with ~0.4 mm wide broadstrokes. Scattered glyphs are in even darker and wider, also with ~0.5 mm broadstrokes. Most, but not all, of the tail and plumes were fully retraced by Rt1 and/or Rt2.
On the figure outlines there are still substantial original Rt0 sections. There are some Rt1 traces (often thinner than those on the text, ~0.3 mm) and more Rt2 sections (as wide as on the text, ~0.5 mm). The green paint seems to be later than the Rt1 traces, and often seems to have washed them away. The order of the paint and the Rt2 traces is not clear.
(A,B,C,D,E) Presumed Rt0 traces. (F,G) ligatures may be Rt0. (H) Short Rt0 "tail" at the bottom of the left C of the Ch poking out from under the Rt1 retrace. (I) The SW corner of the left loop, the top half of the leg, and the tip of the hook of this p seem to be Rt0. The lower half of the leg seems to be Rt1, and the rest Rt2. (J) Imperfect retracing of the Rt0 C by Rt1. (K) The tip of the tail of this y is Rt0, the rest is Rt1. (L) This r may have been originally an s. The body was retraced as r by Rt1 and/or Rt2, who also retraced the distal half of the plume, possibly in the wrong sense (clockwise).
(M) Typical Rt1 retrace of text. (N) Rt1 retraces of branch outline. (O) Incorrect retracing of the Rt0 sepal edge © by Rt1. (P) The left half of this y is Rt1, the right half and tail are Rt0. (Q) The left stroke and most of the tail of this y is Rt2, the top of the right stroke is Rt1. (R,S) Rt1 retraces of the outer outlines of the calyxes. Note that the two flowers have separate pear-shaped calixes, with inner edges (B), but were "restored" by Rt1 and Rt2 as if they were a wider shared or fused calyx.
(U,V) Rt2 retraces of Rt0 or Rt1 traces. (W) Rt2 retrace of plant outline. (X) Typical Rt2 retrace of text.
(Y,Z) Examples of normal trace weight variation due to Rt1 letting the quill run out of ink and then recharging it.
All the best, --stolfi