22-10-2016, 11:33 AM
There's not a lot to go on in the VMS, with such small samples, but...
from these fragments, I would venture that the hand on 1r is probably not the same as the one on folio 68r even though the letter forms are very similar (if it's two different hands, they may have learned to write at approximately the same time and place). Either that or the person was using a different writing tool that was not as familiar or comfortable to the hand.
Those on 67r and 70r are even more different and, judging by the writing tool and letter forms, might be later additions.
I'm hoping by Sunday I can upload an article that discusses the text on the first page. I began it soon after I wrote the last blog on the 1r columns, but I have an important sample somewhere on my hard drive that needs to be included and locating it among several gigabytes of files is like searching for a grain of sand on a crowded beach.
from these fragments, I would venture that the hand on 1r is probably not the same as the one on folio 68r even though the letter forms are very similar (if it's two different hands, they may have learned to write at approximately the same time and place). Either that or the person was using a different writing tool that was not as familiar or comfortable to the hand.
Those on 67r and 70r are even more different and, judging by the writing tool and letter forms, might be later additions.
I'm hoping by Sunday I can upload an article that discusses the text on the first page. I began it soon after I wrote the last blog on the 1r columns, but I have an important sample somewhere on my hard drive that needs to be included and locating it among several gigabytes of files is like searching for a grain of sand on a crowded beach.