23-07-2019, 08:18 PM
Helmut, I am trying to understand what you mean.
Of course, I am aware that the MS was prepared as a set of bifolios that were later bound together. I think we may safely assume that the person doing this was completely aware how the nested bifolios would end up in the book. This was nothing mysterious - completely standard practice.
It is possible, of course, that the nesting of bifolios into quires that we now have is not how it was originally intended, but we cannot be certain. From all I have seen and heard, I would say that:
- it is indeed quite possible that the bifolios have been shuffled
- if this happened, it must have happened at a quite early stage in the life of the MS.
What I wrote in my opening post of this thread should not be interpreted as how I consider that the MS was bound.
But I may have misunderstood your comment.
Of course, I am aware that the MS was prepared as a set of bifolios that were later bound together. I think we may safely assume that the person doing this was completely aware how the nested bifolios would end up in the book. This was nothing mysterious - completely standard practice.
It is possible, of course, that the nesting of bifolios into quires that we now have is not how it was originally intended, but we cannot be certain. From all I have seen and heard, I would say that:
- it is indeed quite possible that the bifolios have been shuffled
- if this happened, it must have happened at a quite early stage in the life of the MS.
What I wrote in my opening post of this thread should not be interpreted as how I consider that the MS was bound.
But I may have misunderstood your comment.