The problem with the alignment is that we do not know the distortion introduced with both the VM scan and Fabrizio's image. Certainly they are not zero but probably close. There is virtually no difference between the 2004 and 2014 scan of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. so we can assume distortion is very well controlled here. Yet, it takes quite a lot of fiddling with 3D distortion to create an acceptable overlay between the VM scans and Fabrizio's copy. In some places it looks like the copy shifted slightly in between, but then the copyist returned to the original alignment.
Options I see:
- copied from the VM, while slightly shifting, rotating the page
- copied from an early photograph of the VM, maybe with significant lens distortion / diversion from focal plane
- copied from a digital scan of the VM, maybe on a curved CRT screen
Were there facsimiles available before Fabrizio acquired this page?
Options I see:
- copied from the VM, while slightly shifting, rotating the page
- copied from an early photograph of the VM, maybe with significant lens distortion / diversion from focal plane
- copied from a digital scan of the VM, maybe on a curved CRT screen
Were there facsimiles available before Fabrizio acquired this page?