The yellow/blue cube in f102v2

[EllieV]

I do not think those are book clasps, because the position on the blue cube is not aligned the way clasps should be positioned: they are always positioned in the centre if there is 1 or if there are more, they are on an even divided space from the edge of the book.

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these things could be two holders for the pens and/or ink pots.  I conclude it on the form and also there the position is not for hinges or clasps.

The idea that it is a book is to my liking, but i find the positioning of the drawing in the VMS very strange to be such a book. If it would be a book, the angle of the drawing for such is very strange in the VMS, the drawing should have been rotated 30 or 45 degree to left for example to be typical and it would contain stripes where the pages of the book would be, as your examples show.

I agree with you that positioning is too weird for clasps (as I mentioned earlier).

You are probably right about the Arundel drawing. I thought they are clasps because they are shaped similarly to clasps in fancier manuscripts. I thought they are just hanging on the side because the book is open. I could be wrong - I agree.