29-01-2026, 11:05 PM
(29-01-2026, 10:54 PM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(29-01-2026, 09:36 PM)DG97EEB wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.so for me the logical conclusion is the pictures have value but the text doesn't.
I believe exactly the opposite: the pictures are mostly fancy decoration badly copied by the Scribe from random books (each day we find one more), while the meaningful contents is the text.
For one thing, if the pictures are what matters, what would be the point of the Starred Parags section? It is not gibberish; the natural-language-ish features are as strong there as elsewhere, and several details say to me that the Author cared a lot about it.
All the best, --stolfi
Yes, I agree that's a flaw in the argument.. they are mid 15th Century Paduan recipes, but that doesn't mean it's not a skeumorph.