VMs: Re: compressed writing

["DANA SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>]

My impression is that the location of the text is arranged by design. It 
doesn't really seem to be crammed in on f9v. Interweaving the text within 
and around the plant drawing seems in part to be by "artistic design" (there 
is a certain appeal to seeing it written in that fashion). But more 
importantly the paragraphs drawn on the herbal pages appear to be written as 
shown for a specific purpose (though this could just as easily be pure 
conjecture on my part). Lets say that I wouldn't be surprised in the least 
if the first paragraph on the folios had similar content for all the plants, 
and that the same would also apply to the second paragraph. The $64,000 
question, of course, is just what type of information might be imparted. I 
keep wondering about this. I would like to seem some sort of a comparison of 
the first herbal paragraphs versus the second paragraphs to seem if the is 
statistical significance and similarities comparing paragraph H1 to H2. 
Might prove useful.

Regards,
Dana Scott


Regards,
Dana Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric" <mynumberis2000@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: VMs: compressed writing


> Something which has perplexed me for a while - why did
> the author on some pages strive to cram the writing in
> as tightly as possible, even though there was plenty
> of space left on the page (for instance, f9v)? Under
> the belief there might be more to write later?
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> Eric
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