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

[Jorge_Stolfi]

Couldn't one also assume that the text was written and painted by scribes on instruction, and then corrected again later by the client, who was dissatisfied with the work?

The text was copied by a Scribe from a draft provided by the Author, and the outlines of the figures were drawn by the same Scribe according to the Author's instructions -- which may have been anywhere between "draw some plant on this page" to a more or less detailed sketch.

(The color paints were applied later, after the bifolios were (incorrectly) bound and the folios were numbered.  Probably in the 1600s or maybe even later, by someone who did not understand the text and did not have much respect for the book.)

However, in the examples of what I see as late retracings, the Retracer usually retraced the previous (faint) version, and often made stupid mistakes.  Like (J) and (K) on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..  

Thus the opposite of "corrections"...

All the best, --stolfi