medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Sometimes I wonder if we are all looking at the same images. While it
may be true that nothing has been changed on the second side (the side
with the unadorned blue large S in Solue), where bleed-through is indeed
evident, it is also clear that on the first side (with the decorated red
S), that entire line which now reads Sede(runt) has been modified, and
the underwriting is still decipherable (Et enim sede). And it doesn't
take much paleographical skill to observe that the newly written "d" in
that line is not appropriate to the original hand -- see the final line
on that page (domine deus) or the Solue line on the next page ending
with "de." The ink of that "new style" "d" also created more obvious
bleed-through on the other side of the page (in the Solue line). Also
the left side curvature of the two "e" letters in the rewritten line is
too smooth/regular when compared to the original "e" letters. When and
why the changes were made is another matter, but changes there were, at
least on that decorated line. See the images at
http://cgi.ebay.de/ANTIPHONAR-IMPERIALFOLIO-PERGAMENT-MINIATUR-1400-8_W0QQitemZ200266810815QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAntiquarische_B%C3%BCcher?hash=item200266810815&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318
Bob Kraft, UPenn
John Briggs wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Erik Drigsdahl wrote:
>
>> The text on the 'back' of the leaf (the
>> supposed recto side!) has been almost
>> entirely rewritten, and keen observers with
>> detective skills will be able to read
>> some erased and bleaked lost original text
>> beneath when this picture is reversed:
>>
>
> The "erased and bleaked lost original text" is simply show-through from the other side! (That is why it is reversed.) I'm sure that a palaeographer will be along in a minute to explain it [failing that an expert in "writing systems"...]
>
> As far as anyone can see, no text has been erased.
>
> John Briggs
>
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