I purchased a high quality facsimile from Manuscriptum

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Maybe it will be a strange request, but could I ask you to make a closer photo of this area (below)? In particular, I'm interested in the drawings at the bottom edge up to the corner.

How's this? I can try taking another if you would like.

This looks like a well-made product. I wonder why they put a compass on the box though, makes it look like a pirate treasure. I guess it's a convenient way to make it look more fancy. The gloves are an interesting choice as well, especially since the current trend among curators appears to be to ditch the gloves; being able to feel what you're doing decreases the risk of damage. Maybe in this case it is to keep the material free from shiny finger grease?
David owns the Siloe facsimile - it would be interesting to see what difference the triple price makes.

Yeah I'd bet its a vibes thing, its what a lay person would expect for a collector so they follow suit. I've also seen that curators forgoe the gloves, and the official videos for the Siloe show them handling it barehanded, so I dont shy away from touching directly.

The surface is already glossy. Laser printing on ordinary paper looks better.

Unfortunatly. The shine is probably the biggest short coming. Granted we had a fairly intense light close to it for these photos, but even with normal lighting conditions you'll still notice it.

Just of interest, do you consider that a drawback? I'm a record collector and have always liked the smell of finish (of printing in that case), always being a bit disappointed when it wanes in the course of time

No, I was just stating as a matter of fact.

An interesting move indeed. I would agree with Koen that it serves two purposes: to give one the feeling of a professional dealing with the historic artefact, and the more practical issue of sparing the book from finger grease.

Yeah, thats probably what they had in mind. The photos are from Sept 20th, and I've handelded it number of times since then without gloves and haven't noticed any wear from it. But who knows what might happen in the long run.

I have one collectible manufactured in a sealed envelope, and I remember scratching my head over how to open it without breaking the seal. Finally I was able to carefully separate the glued side edges of the envelope and approach the contents from that unexpected direction.

The guys who make these seals don't always appreciate the collectors' unwillingness to break them, yours is a lucky case

Lol. Yeah glad these guys thought ahead on that one.