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[ReneZ]

My opinion on q9. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the holes between pages 67v2 and 67v1 do not match the existing book block pillars.

This is correct, and this was observed in 2014 during the Folger library workshop.
However:
the holes were looked at through a microscope, and the conclusion was, that these 'holes' were very clean knife cuts, and never had a thread run through them. They were never 'used'.
This was the opinion of a MS conservator. I was lucky enough to see through the microscope myself, and while I have no expertise in this, what I saw completely matched that observation.
This means that the holes were prepared but never used.

I do like the possible explanation for the page numbering of 67, which is a bit of a small mystery in itself.

the early 2000s was specifically between 2004 and 2014, since the images show there were repairs done between on the Rosettes.

This was done around the time of the Austrian documentary, and my recollection is 2009.