Page - 125 - in The Vienna Genesis - Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment

Rabitsch, Malissa, Hradil, Erlach, Uhlir, Griesser, Hofmann 125 presumably changed its dimensions due to ageing, conservation treatments and other ex- ternal influences and the pricking marks of the single folios do not fit perfectly within one quire or even one bifolio30. Cut marks, irregular margins and even cut miniatures and letters indicate that originally the manuscript was larger in size. The current size of the folios ranges from 257 x 238 mm31 to 328 x 268 mm32. The distances between the edge of the parchment and the pricking marks as well as the text and miniature painting of every folio were measured to make suggestions regarding the original size. The largest measure- ments for the text block in terms of pricking marks in the corners of the text block (and 30 It is assumed that the scribe marked the corners of the text block for a whole quire concurrently once with the pages folded and in place. 31 Length of folio 5, width of folio 1 and folio 17. 32 Length of folio 4, width of folio 9. Fig. 6: Detail with matching ruling lines across the centre fold, folios 12 and 13. Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0