RE: [split] Bindings & covers
ReneZ > 03-08-2018, 11:19 AM
Dear Helmut,
many thanks for this, it is quite good to have these references.
While we cannot really be certain that the MS was meant to be taken along travels a lot, there is at least an argument that, initially, it would not have been bound in wood. I think that this is strengthened by the quite worn state of the first folio, suggesting that it was not always well protected.
It would also be interesting to know if such books for traveling had any preference for paper vs. parchment folios. The fact that the Voynich MS is on parchment is a very important fact, which is not much discussed.
However, there is also compelling evidence of a wooden cover, so it would seem to be reasonable to assume that this wooden cover was added later. This may still have been before, during or after Rudolf's time.