06-11-2019, 10:33 PM
On a different angle, this reminds me of something I flagged up a few years ago about the ink analysis. I've just dug it up from my archives, about five year ago when I first started whinging about it.
There is a serious doubt about sample (16) in theYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., the one coming from the back page.
In short, the coordinates given do not correspond to any text on that page!
The sample "black ink from text" was taken "from coordinates 6.9cm from top and 2.9cm from left of f116v." Those coordinates go to a blank spot on the page, waaay below the Michtonese text. There is nothing there. Certainly no text.
The components list also notes that (no photograph recorded of the gum binder), and the explanation says that no photomicrograph of the sampling process was taken of this sample, and this sample alone (despite this, references to figures are given in the sample list). No explanation is given as to why no photomicrograph was taken of this sample alone. It is said to be iron gall ink (high iron content) and gum binder.
Three possibilities occur to me:
-The coordinates in the report are wrong but the sample did come from the Michtonese (maybe they meant mm instead of cm? But all other coordinates in the report are in cm, and anyway, there is no text at the mm coordinates)
-The coordinates in the report are correct (but no text appears on that page in that coordinate so what is the sample of?)
- The coordinates are correct, but the page number is wrong (it may have been taken from the previous page).
Without access to the original file samples, this is another dead end that will only lead us into useless speculation. I will only mention that the report focuses on the "Latin alphabet" text on folio 1R but at no time mentions the text on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. as being different, which makes me suspect the technician had only orders to take a sample from the very end of the book for sampling purposes, and later on doubt emerged about whether he had taken it from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. or f116v.
There is a serious doubt about sample (16) in theYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., the one coming from the back page.
In short, the coordinates given do not correspond to any text on that page!
The sample "black ink from text" was taken "from coordinates 6.9cm from top and 2.9cm from left of f116v." Those coordinates go to a blank spot on the page, waaay below the Michtonese text. There is nothing there. Certainly no text.
The components list also notes that (no photograph recorded of the gum binder), and the explanation says that no photomicrograph of the sampling process was taken of this sample, and this sample alone (despite this, references to figures are given in the sample list). No explanation is given as to why no photomicrograph was taken of this sample alone. It is said to be iron gall ink (high iron content) and gum binder.
Three possibilities occur to me:
-The coordinates in the report are wrong but the sample did come from the Michtonese (maybe they meant mm instead of cm? But all other coordinates in the report are in cm, and anyway, there is no text at the mm coordinates)
-The coordinates in the report are correct (but no text appears on that page in that coordinate so what is the sample of?)
- The coordinates are correct, but the page number is wrong (it may have been taken from the previous page).
Without access to the original file samples, this is another dead end that will only lead us into useless speculation. I will only mention that the report focuses on the "Latin alphabet" text on folio 1R but at no time mentions the text on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. as being different, which makes me suspect the technician had only orders to take a sample from the very end of the book for sampling purposes, and later on doubt emerged about whether he had taken it from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. or f116v.
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