8<\/strike><\/font> 9 April 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Web search led me to this University of Florida News<\/em> article<\/a> about a “secret code” in a mid-13th-century manuscript:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Medieval book\u2019s secret code remains unbroken<\/strong><\/em>
…<\/strong><\/em> Somewhere during its journey through medieval Europe, several people wrote notes in the margins of the book. The notes in brown ink are mostly Roman numerals, but the writing in red \u2014 which, from the style of the letters, seems to be from the fourteenth century \u2014 is mysterious. Some of the scribbles seem to be words, but they\u2019re illegible. Others form a cryptic code of repeating letters….”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a screensnap that illustrates the notes in red ink. They are on almost every folio in the first half of the book, but become less frequent after page 100:<\/p>\n\n\n\n