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I have seen a claim that the price of vellum in the 1400s was equivalent to US$ 1-2 per folio in today's money.

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This “price tag” provides a wealth of information: it shows us how much was paid for the parchment (3 pence per quire,...)

So in the late Middle Ages, 3 pence per quire had to be paid for parchment (one quire = 5 sheets of parchment, later folded into 10 layers)
This means that a sheet of parchment cost around USD 6-15 in the 14th century based on today's purchasing power.

Historical price                              Today (based on purchasing power)
3 pence for 1 quire of parchment    approx. 30-75 USD
1 sheet = 0.6 pence approx.          6-15 USD per sheet

There are 102 existing sheets in the VMS. The total price today would therefore be 612 to 1,530 USD ( average 1071 USD ).

edit: Cambridge, Peterhouse, MS 110 is listed in the index of manuscripts ( 1350 - 1500)
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