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

[Jorge_Stolfi]

This d is really weird (in your example). You can see the normal d under/over the the dash, the sharpness and colour of the dash don't look a match for "normal Voynich"

Indeed, I don't think that dash is writing at all.  It looks like a bit of dirt that got stuck to the vellum. 

May be like the bits of red skin in the big red stain of f102v1:
   
My conjecture is that the stain is from goulash or some other sauce with red peppers, and those bits are the skins of the peppers...
By the way, the corresponding stain on the facing page includes a clear example of retracing to restore damaged text:
   

All the best, --stolfi