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  seridane > 3 hours ago

  Hello all,
  Almost a year and a half ago I registered on this site for the first time and made a hello post where I said I was going to make a copy of the entire manuscript by hand. Never posted or commented since, though I've done a lot more lurking and reading.
  And I've done it! 
  Almost. 
  I have about 2 pages left to ink, and 20 pages plus the Rosette fold out to paint. And of course I have to bind the entire thing. I'm hoping I'll be completely done in two or three weeks.
  I'm in the process of scanning and formatting the pages I've completed while I finish the last physical pages, and I think at least one person was interested in seeing it? Here's a link to a goole drive folder with a sampling of completed pages if that's you: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
  
  Let me know if there are any particular pages anyone is interested in and I'll add them.
  Thanks for looking!
  -michelle

• RE: Hand Copying the Entire Manuscript

  Koen G > 2 hours ago

  That's amazing, well done! I think I see a herb Paris  
  
  I'm impressed by your rendering of the small plant page, very clean and crisp. I wouldn't mind seeing more of those. Or anything really.
  
  What was your experience like doing this project?

• RE: Hand Copying the Entire Manuscript

  seridane > 2 hours ago

  (2 hours ago)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.That's amazing, well done! I think I see a herb Paris  
  
  I'm impressed by your rendering of the small plant page, very clean and crisp. I wouldn't mind seeing more of those. Or anything really.
  
  What was your experience like doing this project?

  
  Thankyou! And that is Herb Paris! I didn't draw any plant's in the herbal section that don't exist in real life. I'm going to create a pdf or something of my entire document once I've got everything finished, scanned and formatted and I'm happy to share it. Along with my plant list and everything else.
  
  I'm not sure if I have words yet to describe the whole experience. It's been wild, delightful, frustrating, exhausting, and exhilarating in turns. I highly recommend doing it if you really want to deep dive your brain into the imagery - it's one thing to look at the images, another entirely to examine them in detail in order to redraw them. And the text as well. I don't have any theories on encryption solutions or languages - but copying it out feels like writing a language, not gibberish. There are phrases that repeat enough that I started "knowing" what the next word was before I looked to copy it. 
  
  I am so happy I almost have it finished and it will be done, but there's a part of my brain that's already turning over things I would do differently if I were to do it again from the start and I might. Not any time soon, but at some point.

• RE: Hand Copying the Entire Manuscript

  Jorge_Stolfi > 9 minutes ago

  (2 hours ago)seridane Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I'm going to create a pdf or something of my entire document once I've got everything finished, scanned and formatted and I'm happy to share it.

  
  Very nice!
  
  A tip for scanning: to reduce the see-through in the image, try placing a black sheet behind the page.
  
  The page will look darker this way, but you can  fix that in post-processing.
  
  All the best, --stolfi

• RE: Hand Copying the Entire Manuscript

  seridane > 3 minutes ago

  (9 minutes ago)Jorge_Stolfi Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

  (2 hours ago)seridane Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I'm going to create a pdf or something of my entire document once I've got everything finished, scanned and formatted and I'm happy to share it.

  
  Very nice!
  
  A tip for scanning: to reduce the see-through in the image, try placing a black sheet behind the page.
  
  The page will look darker this way, but you can  fix that in post-processing.
  
  All the best, --stolfi

  
  Good to know! Thanks!
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