Re: VMs: F66r

[Gabriel Landini <G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 14 June 2004 10:57, Nick Pelling wrote:

> (2) The crude "heavy painting" (ie not fine details, like the nymphs'
> mouths and cheeks) was done once the current binding was in place.

I do not follow this. Leave a book closed in unknown conditions of pressure, 
humidity, temperature, etc. for hundreds of years. For sure you will get the 
'transfer' effect across facing folios, regardless of whether it was bound 
first or painted first.


> (3) The VMs' alphabet is strongly influenced by Tironian notae, and not
> influenced by Arabic numerals at all.

Have a look at Cappelli's dictionary. The great majority of the characters are 
there and EVA <l> is the mediaeval number 4. (Are you implying that Tironian 
notae then evolved into mainstream abbreviations?)

Cheers,

Gabriel
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