15-03-2020, 08:56 PM
When I went to the Beinecke in 2006, I checked this page very carefully. There is no flaw or difference in the vellum around the empty area.
I concluded that this was intentional, and was a copy of the layout of a predecessor document, that was also written on vellum, but had a vertical flaw in this area. That is to say, we are looking at a copy of a blank space (probably around a vellum tear).
I concluded that this was intentional, and was a copy of the layout of a predecessor document, that was also written on vellum, but had a vertical flaw in this area. That is to say, we are looking at a copy of a blank space (probably around a vellum tear).