Use this palaeographic utility to apply a stated dating, script, abbreviation, codicological, metrological, layout, or condition rule consistently while preparing manuscripts for scholarly review.

Opaque black core

Core of the stroke reads as opaque black.

Black in reflectography

Ink remains black under UV/IR reflectography.

Water resistant

An existing condition record reports water-smudge resistance; do not apply water to the manuscript to obtain this observation.

Brown edge tinge

Aged strokes show a brown tinge at edges.

Halo bleeding

Brown halo bleeds into the support.

Corrosion holes

Support shows corrosion holes or losses along strokes.

Generate a condition-note verdict for carbon versus iron-gall ink under the stated counting rule: three documented carbon traits (opaque black core, black in reflectography, water-smudge resistant) are counted against three documented iron-gall traits (brown edge tinge, halo bleeding, corrosion holes), and the majority side wins while a tie yields 'mixed indications'. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Carbon signs

Count of observed carbon-typical signs.

Iron-gall signs

Count of observed iron-gall-typical signs.

Verdict

Majority verdict across the six documented signs.

Note

Ready-to-paste catalogue note stating the counts and verdict.

• Script and manuscript evidence varies by language, region, institution, period, scribe, material, restoration, and cataloguing convention. A heuristic flag or score is not an authoritative date, hand attribution, reading, provenance, or conservation diagnosis.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Retain page images, scale, foliation, material, provenance, diplomatic transcription, uncertainty, and comparison exemplars; confirm conclusions with codicological context and specialist judgment.

• Iron-Gall Corrosion Grade Rater

  Rate iron-gall ink corrosion on the stated transparent rule: each of four indicators (ink loss, burn-through, halo bleeding, mechanical weakness of the sheet) is scored 0-3 by the observer, and the grade is the rounded mean with labels none/slight/moderate/severe for 0/1/2/3.

• Schwabacher Fraktur Note Generator

  Generate a dated-note-style verdict for late Gothic textura under the stated heuristic on sampled ascender forms: more than 60 percent looped ascenders leans Fraktur, under 40 percent leans Schwabacher, and anything between is mixed.

• Anglicana vs Secretary Discriminator

  Compare the number of observed Anglicana traits against the number of observed Secretary traits on your checklist and return the majority script with the tally margin, declaring a tie indeterminate (transparent arithmetic comparator, no contested letterform weighting).