[Blog Post] Analysis of cover attachment and VMS binding.

[ReneZ]

@Renegadehealer,
a lot is known about the binding / the cover (terminology is an issue here and I am not the expert).

Several conservators have looked at this in 2014, and there are some summary reports, among others in the Yale facsimile article of Zyats et al.

Wladimir adds a lot of details here, of which I am not sure that they were seen by these conservators, and/or considered of importance. I do believe that some of his detailed observations are of great interest.

What is certain is that this cover / binding shows traces from several events, the earliest considered to be 15th century, i.e. close to the origin of the MS.
The latest are from Kraus' repairs.
The parchment wrapper / cover was certainly a later addition, by the Jesuits, and it doesn't fit very well, both in size and in technique of attaching it.

Let's see if this leads to new insights.