18-02-2026, 09:48 PM
Quote:IIRC, you interpret the defining characteristics of Lisa Fagin Davis' scribal hands as reflecting changes in the writing of a supposed single creator over time.
Torsten, if I may ask, do you need this assumption for something? Does it explain something to you? Or is it just a loose observation - you feel so but it's not really that important as nothing depends on it.
Personally I am close to gibberish hypothesis but at the same time accept multiple scribes.
I have never got deep into Currier A vs Currier B thing but I believe others who say that there are Currier A pages, Currier B pages and in-between pages.
I can see a simple explanation for that.
There is some system used by scribes to create gibberish but leaving some freedom to them. They have their personal style. Scribe 1 writes in Currier A, Scribe 2 writes in Currier B.
Then one day a conversation happens:
Scribe 1: Man, I hate my job. So tired of inventing these crappy words that don't mean anything. Cheating people. I would really rather be a peasant ploughing a field or a beggar sitting at the church entrance.
Scribe 2: Hey, a bad day may happen to everyone. You want to look at my page? You could borrow some words from it. Get some inspiration
Scribe 1: Thanks buddy!
This way Scribe 1 could include some words typical to Scribe 2 but never fully changed his style. It resulted in intermediate pages.