Bifolio as a functional unit?

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There were other options apart from the book.

Personally I consider the option that Voynich Manuscript could be originally a folded almanac.

In such case it would be a collection of loose folios carried in some box.
The hint is the presence of numerous foldouts in VM which are generally rare in manuscripts.


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Here's a lovely example from the Wellcome Collection You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Interestingly it's dated to around 1490, but there's a note which reads "Notes
Mention of Pope Innocent VIII, who was pope between 1484 and 1492, gives an approximate dating for the manuscript as c. 1490. The vellum end-papers at each end are from fragments of an early 14th century Commentary on the Code of Justinian." Which suggests that vellum was being re-used