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Conclusion
The main point of interest to emerge from the collation is that, as already demonstrated, BLh19 is not a Cameron scriptorium text but independently derived from the B-version ancestor. Among the scriptorium texts, the Restoration pair (V90, VAd43) form a sub-group in which VAd43 by virtue of having no unique variants must be declared the ancestor and V90 the copy; however, it would be rash to assume that this relationship was consistent throughout the entire length of these bulky anthologies. There is no firm evidence among the variants for the existence of an exclusive common ancestor for the "Venus" group (Np42, Of15, OSe15, Pt2), distinct from the scriptorium master copy; but a wider analysis of the collections could well reveal one. In this connection, attention should be paid to the close similarity of the hands of Of15, OSe15 and Pt2, which to me suggests conscious mimicry of that of a common exemplar.
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