23-06-2026, 03:44 PM
(23-06-2026, 09:17 AM)JustAnotherTheory wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.To me, this indicates that the marginalia was added probably after 1500. Is there any reason to think otherwise?In addition to Koen's remark that the handwriting is likely early 15th century, contemporary with the VM vellum, the images associated with the marginalia closely resemble the regular imagery of the bifolio and quire. It is therefore not unreasonable to assume that the marginalia were written by the same person who made the VM drawings, and shortly after those were created. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is a bit problematic in this regard as the quire contains no imagery aside from stars, but all in all the marginalia follow a consistent pattern. I find it unlikely that someone should and could closely mimic the author's bad drawing skills in matching style of the quire when adding the marginalia at a significantly later date. I would not rule out that the marginalia on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. were created after the entire VM was finished as the nymph is fairly advanced for VM standards, but not much later.
(23-06-2026, 02:50 PM)monisusa wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hi, after years of research there are more than guesses. I discussed the text with pharmacists to check the ingredients and logical sequence. My local pharmacist remembered to have learned the expression "mana in vitra" at university. Moreover I also discussed it with experts of German studies at University of Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck. The last sentence has a proper syntax.Again I have to ask - which experts specifically, and did you show them a scan of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , or just your transliteration of the marginalia text?
I remain agnostic about the text and its meaning (if any), but which letters represent a 'v' or 'r' is far from certain and debatable. As are most aspects of the VM.
Regarding the 'x' in pox, see here:
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