Posted by John Collins (194.164.232.108) on November 02, 2003 at 22:50:41:
In Reply to: Message for john posted by Michael on November 02, 2003 at 12:15:01:
I would agree with that, Michael, and with Ovvyus too. But even though JB was an amateur he was pretty good at drawing so I think that, as ovyyus said, MT is a record and only consists of draft versions of what he intended to publish. The accompanying notes on each of MT's drawings are virtually illegible and therefore definitely not for publication in its present form.
John C.
: Hi John...you wrote;As something of an expert on woodcuts Bill, do you think that JB could have made his angles look any more accurate than they are in the woodcut of the Apologia diagram, given the techniques required to reproduce such a diagram? My point, as you've probably guessed, is this - were the angles deliberately made to be 95 degrees and 25 degrees (roughly), due to his own innaccuracy and lack of care? - Unlikely I admit
: I would argue that this is possible simply from looking at some of Besslers real images from M.T. They definately are not as refined as Bills versions, and respectively look a little amaturish, taken into account of course that he was an amature artist, and the difficulty of the medium he was using-wood grain etc.
: Michael