New images: Marci letter wax

[Jorge_Stolfi]

The orange marks on the inside of the cover are a bit hard to explain, as there would have been stuffing there. Unless some item with wax was part of the stuffing. Perhaps even the Marci letter itself? That is not impossible, but seems unlikely. Or the marks came after the pastedown and stuffing were removed?

But after Wilfrid removed the Jesuit's pastedown, wasn't a new lining sheet glued in its place?
   
(A,B) Remnants of lining presumably removed by Wilfrid. (C ) New lining pasted some time after that.

If this is correct, then those brown stains cannot be from the wax seals on the cover letter, can they be?

All the best, --stolfi

PS. By the way, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is a post at an absolutely not no no not accepted fringe pseudoscience thread out there in the corner with a curious observation about that residual lining and the chemical smearing on f1r.