VMs: Re: The curious quire hand mark on f57v...?

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

--- Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> While compiling a list of the quire marks a couple
> of days ago, I noticed 
> once again the odd mark at the bottom on f57v, which
> would appear to be in 
> the same slapdash hand as the quire marks ....

This mark seems to contain the number 17 in
arabic numerals of the time. The additional curved
(horizontal) stroke could indicate a declension
to make it mean 17th (for example).
It is probably no coincidence that this is the
page with the repeating sequence of 17 characters.
Furthermore, it is perhaps (but I am far less
sure) also not a coicidence that the other page
which is on the same face of the same bifolio
(f66r) has a sequence of 34 words. 

Further evidence that the pages are out of order?

The plot thickens when we also realise that f66r
has the 'mussdel' doodle. Was that written by
the VMs author or by a later owner trying to 
decipher the MS? If the pages are out of order,
it means that the 'mussdel' doodle was made
before the pages were numbered.... 

Cheers, Rene

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