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[Torsten]

Hi Rich,

 I wonder if you have any thoughts on folio You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.? Why did the scribe leave some free space at the top left of folio You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and at the top right of folio You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.? Why did he did not leave out the areas with wrinkles instead? In my opinion, the answer is that when the scribe wrote the text, the parchment was still fresh and curled and therefore without wrinkles. Only after the scribe wrote the text the curled parchment was pressed flat over a longer period of time, resulting in the wrinkles we see today.

There are also some other folios with wrinkles, such as folio 114 and folio 116. In my eyes there is also no doubt that the holes on folio You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. did develop after the text was written.

Don't these observations indicate that as the scribe wrote the text, the parchment was in a different state from what it is today?