Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.683

v2.c19.683

Wait, what about the mirrored text? Is it printed reversed, or is it bleed-through? It's clearly bleed-through/show-through from the other side (recto). In standard transcription guidelines, bleed-through/show-through from the other side of a page is NOT transcribed, because it is not printed on this page; it belongs to the other side. Wait, what if the scanner scanned the wrong side of a single-sided leaf? If a leaf is single-sided and scanned from the back, transcribing it as if it's text might be expected by some users, but strictly speaking: "Transcribe this scanned page of a scholarly book exactly as printed, in reading order." If it's show-through, it's not printed on this side. Wait, but if the whole book is being digitized page-by-page, could this be an inverted image? No, an inverted/mirrored image would have the top header mirrored too! Why would the top header be right-reading while the rest is mirrored? Wait! Look at the top header again. Is it `PLATE LXXII`? Wait! Look at the mirrored text: It says `PLATE LXXII` above B, and `PLATE LXXII` above A! Wait, why does it say PLATE LXXII above each figure? No, the mirrored text says: `PLATE LXXII` `B` and `PLATE LXXII` `A` Wait, why would it say PLATE LXXII twice on the recto? Because they might be two separate prints pasted in, or two separate tissue guards offset onto it! Wait! Look at the top header again: Is it: `P L A T E L X X I I` Wait, look at the letters: P... L... A... T... E... It is VERY faint, almost like an offset from the facing page! When a book is closed for 100 years, ink from the opposite page transfers (offsets) onto the facing blank page! If ink offsets from the facing page, it creates a FAINT, MIRRORED image. Wait! If it offsets from the facing page, it is MIRRORED! Wait, if text is on page X (facing page, right-reading), and it touches page Y, the offset onto page Y is MIRRORED! Wait! But the text in the middle IS mirrored! So the text in the middle could be offset from the FACING page! Wait! Let's think: If you have Page 1 (text facing the plate): Page 1 has text describing Plate LXXII: "PLATE LXXII / B / FIG. 89 ..." "PLATE LXXII / A / FIG. 88 ..." When the book is closed, Page 1 touches the plate (or the blank page facing it). Wait, if Page 1 has text, its offset on the facing page would be MIRRORED! AND what about the images? Wait, if the text on Page 1 is describing the plate, why are there images here? Wait, the images are POSITIVE or NEGATIVE? They look like show-through of ink! Wait, if a plate has images on the recto, looking at the verso, the images show through (mirrored)! AND if the text was printed on the recto, it would also show through (mirrored)! Yes! On the recto, the plate has the images and the captions printed below them! And they show through to the verso!