Re: A. H. Carter report

[Zandbergen@xxxxxxxxxxx (Rene Zandbergen)]

Jim Reeds wrote:
 
> I just put a copy of the Carter report on my web site.

Thanks!
Very interesting reading indeed.

> I did sloppy proofreading job, so if you spot anything that
> looks like it might be a mistake, let me know.

I only saw 2x 'they' in para.3 line 5.

Two questions immediately came up:

1) I'm far removed from being an expert, but is the vellum
   really high-quality? (Probably there are different scales
   of high-quality). Some pages have tears which are
   sewn up and quite a few pages (e.g. in the bio section)
   are smaller and seem to come from the edge of a larger
   sheet which wasn't quite big enough. Maybe that was just
   'economy'.

2) The binding. Yale reports that it is from the 18th or 19th 
   Century (i.e. Jesuits rebound it) and I think Jim once
   wrote that Kraus bound it again (i.e. after Carter saw it but
   before Yale). Kraus (I think) wrote in the inner back cover:

   "Some signature at beginning and end resewn with red linen
    thread.
    Vellum cover attached with leather thongs and vellum guards
    added at beginning and end.  18/2 1967"

    So here we have a small inconsistency.

Cheers, Rene