Sketch of scenario

Here is a rough sketch of the sort of scenario I think is likely. I can expand on each of these points.

Nicholas of Cusa arrives in the Tyrol as the Prince-Bishop of Brixen.

He becomes apprised of the herbal traditions of the local Ladin people who are part of his flock.

He gives an understanding of those traditions in terms of his own cosmology and his version of the Llullian Art.

He instigates or contributes to the production of a private copy of the same: a Cusean (Llullist) account of the Ladin herbal tradition and its local cosmology.

It is a work of collaboration between a Ladiner, versed in local lore, and his bishop, the cosmologist and scientist.

Specifically, Nicholas:

*Designs the script
*Composes the text
*Helps design the work
*Funds its production
*Helps organise its production

His motives are: pastoral, fraternal and intellectual.

A likely geographical locus of this scenario is the Castle Tor in the Val Badia.

The scenario provides no specific reason why Cusanus felt it necessary to create a new script for the project instead of using the Roman script, and it requires that the person for whom the work was made could read the script without any trouble.

R. B.