02-08-2026, 10:04 PM
(02-08-2026, 08:53 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
I must note here that the comparative dating of the handwriting assumes that whoever wrote those words was using his customary contemporary handwriting, and not trying to imitate "old handwriting". You know why I think the latter was probably the case here.
On the other hand, I think that the conclusions about the geographical range are significant, because the author of that text would hardly have known what the 15th century "French" or "Italian" or "East German" handwriting would be like, and would have no good reason to imitate those anyway. He surely used used the local handwriting, more or less "oldified".
All the best, --stolfi

