28-11-2025, 12:25 PM
I would like to share some reflections on the questions "Was the paint added later?" and "Is the artist the same person as the scribe?"
I see that some in this forum claim that there are evidence that the paint is added much later, by someone else. I find this hard to believe.
In folios 65r and 65v, by scribe 3, I observe areas where the green paint bleeds into the outlines of the plant, which I find very significant. This could not happen if the paint hade been applied much later. Since there are no indications of the outlines being redrawn, the only reasonable conclusion I see, is that the plants on these two pages were coloured before the outlines were fully dry
Certain features in the line work also lead me to believe the artist and the scribe were the same person.
I see that some in this forum claim that there are evidence that the paint is added much later, by someone else. I find this hard to believe.
In folios 65r and 65v, by scribe 3, I observe areas where the green paint bleeds into the outlines of the plant, which I find very significant. This could not happen if the paint hade been applied much later. Since there are no indications of the outlines being redrawn, the only reasonable conclusion I see, is that the plants on these two pages were coloured before the outlines were fully dry
Certain features in the line work also lead me to believe the artist and the scribe were the same person.
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