The individual quires were first laid inside each other (to form "bundles" 1 to 20), then laid side by side, and finally sewn together to form a coherent manuscript.
I don't know why the VMS was not designed uniformly to quaternions ( as was common in Western manuscripts ). - Also another sorting should be at least uniform.
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In medieval manuscripts, a gathering, or quire, was most often formed of four folded sheets of vellum or parchment, i.e. 8 leaves, 16 sides. The term quaternion (or sometimes quaternum) designates such a unit.
I don't know why the VMS was not designed uniformly to quaternions ( as was common in Western manuscripts ). - Also another sorting should be at least uniform.
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