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The primary foliation is that adopted by ISOS. This coincides to some extent with the modern foliation b (ff. 1-302), which however, skips a leaf after f. 107 and then omits 141 to compensate for the mistake. The secondary foliation is that adopted in 1612 (foliation a, 10-287, 289-312). Pagination (bottom left corner) runs 23-622 recte 626.

About this scheme

The immediate purpose of the new numbering scheme is to have fixed, identifying anchor points such as "p. 2[4]", "f. 5r [p. 9], etc., that can be depended on when creating descriptions of both manuscript contents (incl. marginalia) and scribal hands (the latter being still a new feature). It is to be hoped that it can be used to integrate collation data, to allow for 'virtual rebinding', and ultimately, that it will bring us one step closer to building a data model of the manuscript. Using a form-based interface, you can define ranges (e.g. 1r-6v) to reduce the amount of manual editing, add alternative paginations/foliations and specify the primary method of numbering. Every page is stored with a collection of triples.

To do:

• Columns (e.g. YBL)
• Conversion to roman numerals for preliminary or secondary sections
• Format (folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, sextodecimo, ...)
• Add collation formulae that can match references to individual pages below.
• Formula for external URLs to indvidual pages, e.g. ISOS if and when URLs are stable.
• Unique ids for every page (but already uniquely referentiable so this may be superfluous)
• Hair-side / flesh-side (perhaps)
• More crucially, see how far distinctions can be made between historical and present structures.
• Allow fragments now scattered across institutions to be recombined (use case: Ganz, David, “The earliest manuscript of Lathcen’s Eclogae Moralium Gregorii and the dating of Irish cursive minuscule script”, in Early medieval Ireland and Europe (2015)).
• Gaps (chasms, lacunae) can be recorded but how to make good use of them?
• Accept a semi-colon-separated array of alternative designations.

Fol.	alt.	Pag.	alt.	Col.	alt.	ref.	Dimensions	Description / interpretation	Unique id
-		-		-	-			[1] The first 9 folia, which probably formed one gathering, are missing.
f. 1r	10r	-		-	-	f. 1r[10r]		[2] Gathering (a ff. 10-17).
f. 1v	10v	-		-	-	f. 1v[10v]		-
f. 2r	11r	-		-	-	f. 2r[11r]		-
f. 2v	11v	-		-	-	f. 2v[11v]		-
f. 3r	12r	-		-	-	f. 3r[12r]		-
f. 3v	12v	-		-	-	f. 3v[12v]		-
f. 4r	13r	-		-	-	f. 4r[13r]		-
f. 4v	13v	-		-	-	f. 4v[13v]		-
f. 5r	14r	-		-	-	f. 5r[14r]		-
f. 5v	14v	-		-	-	f. 5v[14v]		-
f. 6r	15r	-		-	-	f. 6r[15r]		-
f. 6v	15v	-		-	-	f. 6v[15v]		-
f. 7r	16r	-		-	-	f. 7r[16r]		-
f. 7v	16v	-		-	-	f. 7v[16v]		-
f. 8r	17r	-		-	-	f. 8r[17r]		-
f. 8v	17v	-		-	-	f. 8v[17v]		-
f. 9r	18r	-		-	-	f. 9r[18r]		[3] Gathering (a ff. 18r-27v)
f. 9v	18v	-		-	-	f. 9v[18v]		-
f. 10r	19r	-		-	-	f. 10r[19r]		-
f. 10v	19v	-		-	-	f. 10v[19v]		-
f. 11r	20r	-		-	-	f. 11r[20r]		-
f. 11v	20v	-		-	-	f. 11v[20v]		-
f. 12r	21r	-		-	-	f. 12r[21r]		-
f. 12v	21v	-		-	-	f. 12v[21v]		-
f. 13r	22r	-		-	-	f. 13r[22r]		-
f. 13v	22v	-		-	-	f. 13v[22v]		-
f. 14r	23r	-		-	-	f. 14r[23r]		-
f. 14v	23v	-		-	-	f. 14v[23v]		-
f. 15r	24r	-		-	-	f. 15r[24r]		-
f. 15v	24v	-		-	-	f. 15v[24v]		-
f. 16r	25r	-		-	-	f. 16r[25r]		-
f. 16v	25v	-		-	-	f. 16v[25v]		-
f. 17r	26r	-		-	-	f. 17r[26r]		-
f. 17v	26v	-		-	-	f. 17v[26v]		-
f. 18r	27r	-		-	-	f. 18r[27r]		-
f. 18v	27v	-		-	-	f. 18v[27v]		-
f. 19r	28r	-		-	-	f. 19r[28r]		[4] Gathering (a ff 28-29)
f. 19v	28v	-		-	-	f. 19v[28v]		-
f. 20r	29r	-		-	-	f. 20r[29r]		-
f. 20v	29v	-		-	-	f. 20v[29v]		-
f. 21r	30r	-		-	-	f. 21r[30r]		[5] Single leaf (a f. 30)
f. 21v	30v	-		-	-	f. 21v[30v]		-
f. 22r	31r	-		-	-	f. 22r[31r]		[6] Gathering (a ff. 31-42).
f. 22v	31v	-		-	-	f. 22v[31v]		-
f. 23r	32r	-		-	-	f. 23r[32r]		-
f. 23v	32v	-		-	-	f. 23v[32v]		-
f. 24r	33r	-		-	-	f. 24r[33r]		-
f. 24v	33v	-		-	-	f. 24v[33v]		-
f. 25r	34r	-		-	-	f. 25r[34r]		-
f. 25v	34v	-		-	-	f. 25v[34v]		-
f. 26r	35r	-		-	-	f. 26r[35r]		-
f. 26v	35v	-		-	-	f. 26v[35v]		-
f. 27r	36r	-		-	-	f. 27r[36r]		-
f. 27v	36v	-		-	-	f. 27v[36v]		-
f. 28r	37r	-		-	-	f. 28r[37r]		-
f. 28v	37v	-		-	-	f. 28v[37v]		-
f. 29r	38r	-		-	-	f. 29r[38r]		-
f. 29v	38v	-		-	-	f. 29v[38v]		-
f. 30r	39r	-		-	-	f. 30r[39r]		-
f. 30v	39v	-		-	-	f. 30v[39v]		-
f. 31r	40r	-		-	-	f. 31r[40r]		-
f. 31v	40v	-		-	-	f. 31v[40v]		-
f. 32r	41r	-		-	-	f. 32r[41r]		-
f. 32v	41v	-		-	-	f. 32v[41v]		-
f. 33r	42r	-		-	-	f. 33r[42r]		-
f. 33v	42v	-		-	-	f. 33v[42v]		-
f. 34r	43r	-		-	-	f. 34r[43r]		[7] Gathering (a ff. 43-52)
f. 34v	43v	-		-	-	f. 34v[43v]		-
f. 35r	44r	-		-	-	f. 35r[44r]		-
f. 35v	44v	-		-	-	f. 35v[44v]		-
f. 36r	45r	-		-	-	f. 36r[45r]		-
f. 36v	45v	-		-	-	f. 36v[45v]		-
f. 37r	46r	-		-	-	f. 37r[46r]		-
f. 37v	46v	-		-	-	f. 37v[46v]		-
f. 38r	47r	-		-	-	f. 38r[47r]		-
f. 38v	47v	-		-	-	f. 38v[47v]		-
f. 39r	48r	-		-	-	f. 39r[48r]		-
f. 39v	48v	-		-	-	f. 39v[48v]		-
f. 40r	49r	-		-	-	f. 40r[49r]		-
f. 40v	49v	-		-	-	f. 40v[49v]		-
f. 41r	50r	-		-	-	f. 41r[50r]		-
f. 41v	50v	-		-	-	f. 41v[50v]		-
f. 42r	51r	-		-	-	f. 42r[51r]		-
f. 42v	51v	-		-	-	f. 42v[51v]		-
f. 43r	52r	-		-	-	f. 43r[52r]		-
f. 43v	52v	-		-	-	f. 43v[52v]		-
f. 44r	53r	-		-	-	f. 44r[53r]		[8] Gathering (a ff. 53-61); f. 58 is a single leaf.
f. 44v	53v	-		-	-	f. 44v[53v]		-
f. 45r	54r	-		-	-	f. 45r[54r]		-
f. 45v	54v	-		-	-	f. 45v[54v]		-
f. 46r	55r	-		-	-	f. 46r[55r]		-
f. 46v	55v	-		-	-	f. 46v[55v]		-
f. 47r	56r	-		-	-	f. 47r[56r]		-
f. 47v	56v	-		-	-	f. 47v[56v]		-
f. 48r	57r	-		-	-	f. 48r[57r]		-
f. 48v	57v	-		-	-	f. 48v[57v]		-
f. 49r	58r	-		-	-	f. 49r[58r]		-
f. 49v	58v	-		-	-	f. 49v[58v]		-
f. 50r	59r	-		-	-	f. 50r[59r]		-