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The very black ink shows the work of the more recent correctors
The Christian remembrancer (1864)
https://books.google.com/books?id=jvoDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197
'I know no reason for judging it to be more recent than the fourth century. The corrections from different hands are numerous and of various ages; one corrector went over the MS. before the running titles of the books were placed at the head of the pages; this is shown by the circumstance that the corrector has made an addition in the upper margin in such a place as has prevented the head-line from occupying its usual position. The very black ink shows the work of the more recent correctors very plainly; but as to the ancient hands, I rely very little on the colour of the ink alone; for its varying shades of blackish, brownish, and reddish seem to depend on other circumstances. . . ."
The Christian remembrancer (1864)
https://books.google.com/books?id=jvoDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197
'I know no reason for judging it to be more recent than the fourth century. The corrections from different hands are numerous and of various ages; one corrector went over the MS. before the running titles of the books were placed at the head of the pages; this is shown by the circumstance that the corrector has made an addition in the upper margin in such a place as has prevented the head-line from occupying its usual position. The very black ink shows the work of the more recent correctors very plainly; but as to the ancient hands, I rely very little on the colour of the ink alone; for its varying shades of blackish, brownish, and reddish seem to depend on other circumstances. . . ."
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