f14v f14r - contemporary damage?
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Hello all! This is my first post on the forum (shockingly, I have not come in to say I have cracked the code and it's actually all in pre-Christian Pictish), and I am well-aware I am not an expert, so please, feel free to correct me if I'm incorrect at all in my question.

I was looking at f14v/r and I noticed the unusual page shape. I do understand that the vellum is extremely precious material and even the highest quality manuscripts would not necessarily dispose of a damaged/misshapen piece. 

However, it got me interested in contemporary versus non-contemporary damage in the manuscript. In this case, it looks to me like the scribe on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. left the exact space needed in the margin to avoid the cut-out, but then again, the hole is ragged and there's damage overlaying a leaf in f14v. 

Is this an example of contemporary (ie, to the time of the creation of quire 2) damage/natural page shape, which has degraded faster than the other edges because of relative thinness? Or is the damage that was inflicted sometime in-between? Is there an existing consensus? 

Also, I tried looking this up but it's almost a certainty with this manuscript that my question has already been exhausted answered, so if there is an existing google doc with a full list of damage to the manuscript etc., please point me to it!
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f14v f14r - contemporary damage? - by mykiavellian - 23-06-2026, 06:52 AM
RE: f14v f14r - contemporary damage? - by Koen G - 23-06-2026, 10:56 AM
RE: f14v f14r - contemporary damage? - by oshfdk - 23-06-2026, 11:24 AM
RE: f14v f14r - contemporary damage? - by oshfdk - 23-06-2026, 11:32 AM
RE: f14v f14r - contemporary damage? - by eggyk - 23-06-2026, 01:37 PM

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