Re: VMs: Q. is there a to-do list?

[Nick Pelling <nickpelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

As a further thought, I'd say probably the single most useful research task 
anyone could do right now would be to go to the Beinecke and carefully 
measure the location of (and spacing between) the original binding marks on 
all the VMs' bifolios. Many of these are just visible on the sidfiles (for 
example, on f1v, the top hole is quite clear), but it is very hard to tell 
flecks or marks from holes at the resolution there, especially as the 
vellum beneath often shows through the holes.

I believe that a careful analysis of this relatively simple data would be 
able to reveal how the individual bifolios were initially grouped, and 
hence help move us all towards solid answers to such basic questions as:-
* Were Herbal A & Herbal B bifolios originally bound separately or as 
currently bound?
* Were the later Herbal bifolios originally bound in with the pharma pages 
or not?
* How many bifolios were in each original quire?
* Were the quire signatures done by the VMs' original scribe(s) or by a 
later owner?
* etc

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


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