100 sheets of stolen vellum

[JustAnotherTheory]

Wladimir D has put forth the hypothesis the the sheets were originally much larger and cut only after drawing. I can't say how realistic this scenario is but it would drastically change the size and number of the 'acquired' sheets.
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This is a very interesting discussion I hadn't considered before. So:

1. The vellums were filled in,
   
2. Then cut into their current size.
   

Then perhaps the Rosettes were also meant to be trimmed in such a way?

Anyway, this changes the "theft" hypothesis quite a bit. Because now it seems that the thief/thieves could simply take a large vellum and scroll it up. It's much easier to steal. Since this reduces the complexity of thieving quite a bit, its likelihood increases.

EDIT: does vellum crease when folded or scrolled? If so, theft is actually more unlikely than likely, because we don't see crease marks in the VMS.