RE: VMs: f67v-?-?-f68r

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,

At 07:01 30/06/2004 -0400, John Grove wrote:
>         It is interesting that the numbering doesn't suggest pages 
> existed there
> when the foliation took place. However, could it simply be what we're seeing
> here is the result of some cut & paste operation in the rebinding of the
> quire. Since the quire signature should have been the last verso, but was
> shifted one place to the right - that final edge needed to be sewed into
> place; so instead - how do I word this...
>
>         In order to sew the edge into the center gutter, the binder gave 
> him self
> some slack to work with and the first remnant we see is actually the edge of
> f67v1. Then, of course - f68r1 which has a left edge was resewn into place
> with the same amount of slack or overlap.
>
>         Is it possible that all we are seeing are the two edges sticking 
> out from
> the center because the sewing was done a half-inch into the two pages being
> joined?

That would make perfect sense, and (if confirmed) would pretty much "close 
the chapter" on Quire 9. The next task would be to print it out and 
reassemble it in its correct order, and see where that takes us. :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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