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ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
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ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
Jorge_Stolfi > 19-01-2026, 07:51 PM
While re-transcribing You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Bio) I noticed this detail:
It would seem that the Scribe squeezed the word Cheey upwards in order to avoid the orangeish stain below it.
If so, it shows that all cows in Scotland are black some of the stains were on the vellum before the Scribe did his job. Which would be another reason for the VMS vellum to be second-grade, if not a "factory reject".
All the best, --stolfi -
RE: ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
Koen G > 19-01-2026, 09:20 PM
Second-grade vellum or messy scribe? -
RE: ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
Rafal > 19-01-2026, 09:22 PM
Wasn't it suggested somewhere on this site that the vellum in VM was rather cheap and second grade?
Are we able to evaluate it? -
RE: ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
RobGea > 19-01-2026, 11:02 PM
All that shows, is that the stain was there before the scribe reached that word.
Whether the stain was on the blank vellum ( second-grade vellum ).
or the scribe was not cognizant of the danger of eating a hot-dog with relish over an unfinished manuscript ( messy scribe ).
cannot be decided.
Can a misbehaving cat even be ruled out ? ( wildlife risk ).
'A Cat Left Paw Prints on the Pages of This Medieval Manuscript When the Ink Was Drying 500 Years Ago' --Smithsonian magazine
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One could possibly argue that the stain cannot have been there for very long or else the scribe would have avoided it more elegantly. -
RE: ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
ReneZ > 20-01-2026, 12:02 AM
(19-01-2026, 11:02 PM)RobGea Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Can a misbehaving cat even be ruled out ?
or mice.
But even the observation that the spot was avoided by the word cheey seems far from certain.
Similar vertical mini-jumps appear throughout the text for no obvious reason. -
RE: ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
Jorge_Stolfi > 20-01-2026, 12:29 AM
(19-01-2026, 11:02 PM)RobGea Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.All that shows, is that the stain was there before the scribe reached that word. Whether the stain was on the blank vellum ( second-grade vellum ) or the scribe was not cognizant of the danger of eating a hot-dog with relish over an unfinished manuscript ( messy scribe ).cannot be decided.
Yeah, true. And all we can say is that there is at least one cow in Scotland that is black on the left side.
All the best, --stolfi
(20-01-2026, 12:02 AM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.But even the observation that the spot was avoided by the word cheey seems far from certain.Similar vertical mini-jumps appear throughout the text for no obvious reason.
Well, it is not just the shift of the baseline, but the size of the ee too.
All the best, --stolfi -
RE: ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
DONJCH > 20-01-2026, 04:08 AM
Against all that, the vord underneath seems to bend up towards the stain. -
RE: ORIGINAL stains on the vellum
Jorge_Stolfi > 20-01-2026, 08:06 AM