f116v is a decryption attempt?

[oshfdk]

A pity, because such images would definitely prove or refute the various "retracing" and "magic ink" theories, including the "Big Wipe-off" theory for f116v,  and reveal practically everything one could ever know about the original traces.

Would they? I remember arguing about this very macro image, I was saying there were clearly no signs of retracing here and the way dark ink perfectly transitioned to the faint stroke in the flourish of r made it impossible to be an instance of later retracing, while if I'm not mistaken you were arguing for the opposite.