[split] Rich SantaColoma's comments to Lisa Fagin Davis

[Aga Tentakulus]

       

To bring it to a better understanding.
The blurred signature and wormholes.
The blurring is clearly visible, so are the traces of the worm before the blurring ( brown ) and after the blurring ( blue ). New traces of the worm's feeding are a little bit brighter, because the wiping water has not penetrated so deeply into the parchment.
Now it is like this, with today's cover the worm would not have a chance after opening the book.
But if Rene's hint is correct, and it had a wooden lid before. This is quite plausible, since the traces show that it was the same worm.
This also explains the question of binding