05-08-2025, 08:40 AM
As mentioned a few days ago, I have seen one example where I feel that the scribes/copyists made a tell-tale mistake.
For this, let's look at the pharmaceutical section.
This consists of three sheets (bifolia), each with a single page to the left and a foldout page to the right:
f88+f89
f99+f102
f100+f101
Of these, the third: f100 + f101 appears incomplete, probably unfinished: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has no labels at all, and on f101v, the labels of the bottom row are missing.
On f100, the containers appear to have no labels.
The other two bifolios consistenly have one label for each container and one label for each plant fragment.
The container label may be written below it, on it (under the paint) or next to it.
But let's look at the top of f88r:
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This has five plant parts, and six words surrounding them.
However, the leftmost word is the container label and should have been written near the container.
I can only conclude that the scribe was not aware of this.
For this, let's look at the pharmaceutical section.
This consists of three sheets (bifolia), each with a single page to the left and a foldout page to the right:
f88+f89
f99+f102
f100+f101
Of these, the third: f100 + f101 appears incomplete, probably unfinished: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has no labels at all, and on f101v, the labels of the bottom row are missing.
On f100, the containers appear to have no labels.
The other two bifolios consistenly have one label for each container and one label for each plant fragment.
The container label may be written below it, on it (under the paint) or next to it.
But let's look at the top of f88r:
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
This has five plant parts, and six words surrounding them.
However, the leftmost word is the container label and should have been written near the container.
I can only conclude that the scribe was not aware of this.
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