31-03-2016, 10:50 AM
(31-03-2016, 09:20 AM)Sam G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I've noticed this too, and if you think about it some more it's clear that it's not just the Bio section that is like this, but the entire manuscript. The bifolios were never intended to be nested within one another. Each one was intended to stand alone as its own "quire".
I am of the same opinion. I think to accept the fact that the ms. started life as a pile of notes and was at some time bound together for the same reason we put documents into a filing folder or ring binder would explain a lot of phenomena and make our life much easier.