11-10-2026, 09:49 PM
I'd think the lowest cost possible is 0, they made all the materials and completed it themselves.
But then, they could have sold all the materials and done something else with their time.
I think it's impossible to put an all encompassing cost that covers all possibilities, but they can be portioned up into possibilities and then the likeliest possibility chosen. Much of the quibbling about cost doesn't seem to be who got their maths right, but who thinks what way was the most likely.. and it's another never ending circle until someone figures it out.. Maybe 116 reads
"Pox Leber! The scoundrels charged me 196 pence for this book and I can't read a damn word!"
then we will know..
But then, they could have sold all the materials and done something else with their time.
I think it's impossible to put an all encompassing cost that covers all possibilities, but they can be portioned up into possibilities and then the likeliest possibility chosen. Much of the quibbling about cost doesn't seem to be who got their maths right, but who thinks what way was the most likely.. and it's another never ending circle until someone figures it out.. Maybe 116 reads
"Pox Leber! The scoundrels charged me 196 pence for this book and I can't read a damn word!"
then we will know..