19-04-2026, 02:02 PM
(19-04-2026, 12:38 PM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.But does that rule out the folios were cut from larger sheets of equally uneven size and shape?(19-04-2026, 10:54 AM)Bernd wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.As far as I understood, Lisa does not agree with Wladimir D on the trimming / cutting of parchment pages. I believe we should look into this more and see if we can sort out this dispute.
The pages are of uneven shape and uneven size. This strongly suggests that there has not been any even moderately consistent trimming at the time of MS creation.
As I wrote in the post I quoted yesterday (about MS sizes), in very few places one can see more modern cuts, which stand out somewhat as the parchment is lighter at these cuts.
Manuscripts that were trimmed after creation, (almost) look like modern books. The difference is very clear.

