18-04-2016, 04:11 PM
Hi Marco,
I think we should distinguish between two cases:
a) a manuscript is written as if it is to be bound, and it is intended to be bound in some future time (no matter whether this intention comes to reality or not)
OR:
b) a manuscript is written as if it is to be bound, but it is intended to be never bound.
It is not clear from your description whether the case was a) or b). If it was really b), then that's indicative indeed.
In other words, I mean that unbound manuscripts just may have failed to get an occasion to be bound, but they were designed with binding in mind.
I think we should distinguish between two cases:
a) a manuscript is written as if it is to be bound, and it is intended to be bound in some future time (no matter whether this intention comes to reality or not)
OR:
b) a manuscript is written as if it is to be bound, but it is intended to be never bound.
It is not clear from your description whether the case was a) or b). If it was really b), then that's indicative indeed.
In other words, I mean that unbound manuscripts just may have failed to get an occasion to be bound, but they were designed with binding in mind.