f116v is a decryption attempt?

[Jorge_Stolfi]

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

Indeed you claimed that there was a smooth transition between the dark, medium, and faint traces.  Even though in several places (like the right foot of the k and the edges of the e)  the traces were not aligned, and the ink always transitioned abruptly from one color to another -- just like it would if they were distinct but overlaying traces.

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

And I explained how the dark ink "wicked" for a short distance into the plume, because the vellum surface is weakly hydrophobic (water-repellent) whereas ink, even old one, is hydrophilic (water-attracting). 

The dark ink in that r is clearly a single stroke from top to bottom.  Your explanation would have the Scribe tying to draw the plume as a second stroke after that, but the magic quill and magic ink suddenly switched to "faint" after 0.1 mm, and then hiccuped between "faint" and "medium" for the rest of the plume.  And the Scribe was OK with that...

All the best, --stolfi