What could anchor a reading?
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1
Compile the published plant identifications into one table with the identifier, the confidence and the folio, and measure agreement between identifiers before any is used as an anchor.
~10 h
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2
Build the label-to-referent table (zodiac, star, pharmacy and herbal labels with the thing each sits beside) and test proposed anchors for consistency across the book.
~15 h
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3
Text-image correspondence on the herbal pages: code plant features (root, leaf, flower types) and test whether page-first words (F-114) and topics follow them (Mantel test with planted control).
~35 h
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