Influence of Parisian Sources

[Jorge_Stolfi]

Thanks Linda... Turns out I can't count...

But one must keep in mind that the Oresme manuscript above must have existed in many copies. It would be a huge coincidence if the copy that the VMS Scribe used as "inspiration" for f68v3 was the same that is reproduced in the right-hand image. 

And there is no reason to assume that all the copies had the same number of "scallops" on that diagram.  Or that the Scribe even thought of preserving that number when he drew  f68v3.

In fact, if the copy that the Scribe "inspirated" belonged to the Author, it is slightly more likely that it was a cheap copy -- like what a student or scholar would acquire for his own use, not for display.  Like in my time students and even profs would get a xerox of a book rather than buy a printed copy. 

All the best, --stolfi