I've noticed many texts in the Vatican library have been trimmed at the top and sometimes the folio numbers are chopped in half or chopped off all the way. Also the text is sometimes very close to the top.
I also noticed one herbal where some of the tops of the plants have been trimmed.
I don't know if there was a particular medieval tradition in trimming the tops (rather than the bottoms), but it appears to have happened frequently. Perhaps this was also done with the VMS (there's evidence of it on the last folio). It has been bound at least twice.
I also noticed one herbal where some of the tops of the plants have been trimmed.
I don't know if there was a particular medieval tradition in trimming the tops (rather than the bottoms), but it appears to have happened frequently. Perhaps this was also done with the VMS (there's evidence of it on the last folio). It has been bound at least twice.