28-03-2017, 08:26 PM
There's no guarantee that it's the correct order, since in several other sections many researchers have noted the likelihood of the folios' having been rebound in an order that was not the original one. In quire 13, it is even believed that one or more bifolios have been flipped around before rebinding (i.e. with the other side facing up).
So if you ask whether we can be certain that the current order was the original one, I'd answer no. But since quire 20 is text only, it's much harder to make an argument on how the order should have been...
So if you ask whether we can be certain that the current order was the original one, I'd answer no. But since quire 20 is text only, it's much harder to make an argument on how the order should have been...