29-11-2018, 10:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 29-11-2018, 10:05 AM by ChenZheChina.)
(29-11-2018, 08:56 AM)VViews wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.indeed it appears that the Voynich foldouts were designed to always have one folio to the left and the rest to the right.
In the case of Q9, it appears to have been misbound in the current binding, and was designed to have 67r2 as its first page (you can see notes regarding this in the transcription file for this section; I believe the observation was originally made by John Grove).
Hi VViews, thanks for pointing out that the Quire 9 might has been misbound.
By “the transcription file for this section”, do you mean You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ? I tried to search keywords like “mis”, “bind”, “bound” or “Grove”, but did not find things related to the misbound.
I could understand that, the gathering mark is usually on the last page, so f67r1 might be the last page, which caused the original binding to be probably between f67r1 and f67r2 . However, I am not sure that if this is really a design of Voynich Manuscript, or just a hurry conclusion from most quires having gathering marks on their last page.
As far as I know, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of Quire 20 is also unusually having the gathering mark, even though You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has well-enough blank for the mark. But You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. could never be the last page.
It would be great if we could have more evidences, such as how contemporary manuscripts treat foldouts.