15-03-2019, 09:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 15-03-2019, 09:16 AM by Helmut Winkler.)
Hi Nick,
I don't dispute your assertion that something is wrong with the order of Q13. What I dispute is that the person who added the quire numbers could not read the ms. And I would like to add that the quire numbers are nothing exceptional but typical for the way the 2d half of the 15th c. played around with numbers and the way they wrote them on the way to exchanging Arabic for Roman numerals
Best wishes
Helmut
P.S
Just as a passing thought: the whole ms. started as bifolios, that is something most peple don't think about and you can't be sure the author/writer wrote in the correct order for binding
I don't dispute your assertion that something is wrong with the order of Q13. What I dispute is that the person who added the quire numbers could not read the ms. And I would like to add that the quire numbers are nothing exceptional but typical for the way the 2d half of the 15th c. played around with numbers and the way they wrote them on the way to exchanging Arabic for Roman numerals
Best wishes
Helmut
P.S
Just as a passing thought: the whole ms. started as bifolios, that is something most peple don't think about and you can't be sure the author/writer wrote in the correct order for binding