02-10-2020, 03:02 PM
I suppose it is possible to have lain the flower folio over the other one and gone over the top edge. Funny how the creases line up, but otherwise is a random place, if it is the same crease, the folios were not cut vertically in the same places. Maybe they caught on each other. Doesnt have to be the same crease for that to occur. So my guess is that it is two pieces from a larger skin, but they were already cut when that happened, and then there was further trimming, as the flower has even less of a top now. The bit to the right has a different opacity, does seem to extend nearer to the edge, but doesnt correspond with the flower, so not sure what is going on there, maybe it is from the bottom of another, laid directly on top?
By the way did anyone ever contact the biocodicology people that are working on the dna database for vellum from eraser crumbs? Seems to me this case would be interesting to test to see if it is the same skin. Plus if enough pages were tested i think we would gain other answers (possibly to questions not yet asked)
By the way did anyone ever contact the biocodicology people that are working on the dna database for vellum from eraser crumbs? Seems to me this case would be interesting to test to see if it is the same skin. Plus if enough pages were tested i think we would gain other answers (possibly to questions not yet asked)