Re: VMs: Ryland 228

[Gordon Rugg <g.rugg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Gabriel,

I think you're right overall. The reason I was interested by the possible
text-first instances is that they come in the opening sections of the
manuscript, which would be consistent with the VMS producer experimenting with
different methods of production. Similarly, it's been claimed that the artistic
quality of the manuscript improves noticeably throughout the manuscript,
suggesting:
(a) that it was created by someone relatively inexperienced in such work, and
(b) that it was created pretty much linearly, starting on the first page and
working through to the last page

Unfortunately, even if this observation is correct, it isn't much use in
narrowing down the problem space by excluding reasonable possibilities...

Best wishes,

Gordon (still working on some nice testable hypotheses)

Gabriel Landini wrote:

> On Friday 16 May 2003 09:09, Gordon Rugg wrote:
> > I've tried reproducing VMS pages text-first and illustration-first, and
> > found that it's slightly easier to do text first.
> >
> > However, for what it's worth, I agree that the VMS probably was drawn
> > illustration-first, though it's by no means easy to be sure about this.
>
> Hi,
> I think that this issue relates only (or mostly) to the botanical part (and
> some of the large drawings of the biological) where there is a big plant and
> text around it.
>
> f22r, the 3rd paragraph slants gradually as the text approaches the plant.
> f 26r and f9v also look like the text had to fit into the available space.
> There are many other folios where one can see this.
>
> For the rest of the illustrations, obviously it would be very difficult to
> make, for example, star diagrams that fit text already written in the page.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gabriel
>
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