The Challenge of Analyzing a Dynamic Text
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I cannot comment on the text, but I believe your conclusion in reflected in the imagery as well. There is a gradual change rather than discrete styles exclusively associated with scribal hands. This is obvious in faces, but also in plants. There is a relatively large gap between Herbal A and B plants which suggests they were not created consecutively, but that Herbal B came significantly later. I still wonder why the artist felt the need to draw even more plants in a different style later. Maybe he just wanted to use the new more abstract style he had developed.

See my thread for corellation in faces between topics
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However, it's not that easy. Scribal hands do play a role in imagery, yet I believe they are rather the result of evolutionary stages than distinct persons.

One question - sorry if I missed this but where would you put the zodiac pages in your reconstructed order?
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RE: The Challenge of Analyzing a Dynamic Text - by Bernd - 22-02-2026, 03:13 PM

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