<<The script
may *look* oriental (I never thought so), but a majority of the glyphs were
standards in Latin abbreviation and shorthand, and a few rare glyphs have
only one documented origin to date, which happens to be English shorthand.
The clothing styles are western, the hair is blond and brunette on average,
and what religious imagery that exists is Christian. The text is
overwhelmingly written left to right, and any section, page or paragraph
that is more right justified than left has escaped my notice, although I
have commented on the amateurish attempt to full justify in several
passages, which was common in western illuminated manuscripts of the period.
Scribes employed as copyists were trained in the art of metering and
measuring to achieve proper full justification of text, but this manuscript
does not exhibit that training. Another nail in the coffin of the "ignorant
scribe" theory, and one more point for the "original author" theory.
No physical evidence of oriental origin has been presented to date that
confutes this short list, so I doubt I'll have to bring out the long,
detailed list to make my point.