17-08-2025, 01:41 AM
The facsimile is printed on a special kind of paper - almost like some kind of plastic - that has a texture similar to parchment. The actual manuscript's parchment is very soft, supple, and worn, and does not make much of a sound when you turn the pages. Some parchment can be noisy, if it's particularly thick or not well-prepared.
As for f. 12, it was cut away sometime after the foliation was added in the 1600s. There is no text or pigment on the stub.
As for f. 12, it was cut away sometime after the foliation was added in the 1600s. There is no text or pigment on the stub.