Dimensions and trimming of the MS

[Diane]

Rene,

May I ask when you performed that set of comparisons?

As you will know, my survey included all the manuscripts in the British Library dated between 1340 and 1450, and I published the results in 2013.

At that time, to the best of my knowledge no such survey had ever been done, but if in publishing that work, I neglected to recognise any done earlier by you, do let me know.

I admit that I cannot see any purpose in limiting the study to European herbals, since paper and vellum-sizes are a codicological issue, and only tangentially related to whatever is set on the page.

The results of the (original?) study are here:

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Of all those, there were only two manuscripts having exactly the same dimensions at present:

*You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. –   225 x 160 (145 x 110); Italy, N. E. (Venice) 1437 AD; Latin; Gothic. Parchment codex. Roman martyrology.

*You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. –    225 x 160 (140 x 95); England, c. 1436; French and Latin; Gothic cursive. Parchment codex. Legal texts.

Which is one reason that I date the current manuscript to about 1437.