05-05-2026, 02:32 PM
(04-05-2026, 03:09 PM)Labyrinthinesecurity wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.folios split into two sharply separated groups ... This is not the same thing as the Currier A/B split
Are you proposing an alternative way to divide the text of the manuscript?
The language in each of the main sections
Herbal A1
Herbal B2
Pharma A1
Quire 13
Quire 20
has been seen to be different. Distinct styles, choice of words, preference for a certain prefix or suffix etc. Quire 20 also shows statistical evidence of being in two different 'dialects'. ( See You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ) It has been proposed that there are six language clusters.
Dividing the pages into A or B has not been sufficient in helping to resolve the big questions about the manuscript. Each section really needs to be looked at separately. The manuscript just does not seem to be divisible into two consistent halves.