08-03-2016, 10:46 PM
Koen:
Quote: I'm not sure about the opening having been made on purpose though. Either that or the plant (and the one on the recto side) has been drawn around it. Wouldn't it be weird to damage vellum on purpose, possibly increasing the risk of further tearing?I agree it would be weird, but Nick Pelling, who has examined the original, says in his book that the hole was apparently rubbed into the vellum. Holes in other pages seem to be natural, and also have been worked into the illustrations.