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The modern foliation added by M. E. Byrne and followed by the catalogue description is found at the bottom. At the top, there is an early though not contemporary foliation in ink and in pencil.

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
f. 1r		-		-	-	f. 1r		-
f. 1v		-		-	-	f. 1v		-
f. 2r	1r	-		-	-	f. 2r[1r]		-
f. 2v	1v	-		-	-	f. 2v[1v]		-
f. 3r	2r	-		-	-	f. 3r[2r]		-
f. 3v	2v	-		-	-	f. 3v[2v]		-
f. 4r	3r	-		-	-	f. 4r[3r]		-
f. 4v	3v	-		-	-	f. 4v[3v]		-
f. 5r	4r	-		-	-	f. 5r[4r]		-
f. 5v	4v	-		-	-	f. 5v[4v]		-
f. 6r	5r	-		-	-	f. 6r[5r]		-
f. 6v	5v	-		-	-	f. 6v[5v]		-
f. 7r	6r	-		-	-	f. 7r[6r]		-
f. 7v	6v	-		-	-	f. 7v[6v]		-
f. 8r	7r	-		-	-	f. 8r[7r]		-
f. 8v	7v	-		-	-	f. 8v[7v]		-
f. 9r	8r	-		-	-	f. 9r[8r]		-
f. 9v	8v	-		-	-	f. 9v[8v]		-
f. 10r	9r	-		-	-	f. 10r[9r]		-
f. 10v	9v	-		-	-	f. 10v[9v]		-
f. 11r	10r	-		-	-	f. 11r[10r]		-
f. 11v	10v	-		-	-	f. 11v[10v]		-
f. 12r	11r	-		-	-	f. 12r[11r]		-
f. 12v	11v	-		-	-	f. 12v[11v]		-
f. 13r	12r	-		-	-	f. 13r[12r]		-
f. 13v	12v	-		-	-	f. 13v[12v]		-
f. 14r	13r	-		-	-	f. 14r[13r]		-
f. 14v	13v	-		-	-	f. 14v[13v]		-
f. 15r	14r	-		-	-	f. 15r[14r]		-
f. 15v	14v	-		-	-	f. 15v[14v]		-
f. 16r	15r	-		-	-	f. 16r[15r]		-
f. 16v	15v	-		-	-	f. 16v[15v]		-
f. 17r	16r	-		-	-	f. 17r[16r]		-
f. 17v	16v	-		-	-	f. 17v[16v]		-
f. 18r	17r	-		-	-	f. 18r[17r]		-
f. 18v	17v	-		-	-	f. 18v[17v]		-
f. 19r	18r	-		-	-	f. 19r[18r]		-
f. 19v	18v	-		-	-	f. 19v[18v]		-
f. 20r	19r	-		-	-	f. 20r[19r]		-
f. 20v	19v	-		-	-	f. 20v[19v]		-
f. 21r	20r	-		-	-	f. 21r[20r]		Conjugate.
f. 21v	20v	-		-	-	f. 21v[20v]		-
-		-		-	-	chasm after f. 21v[20v]		Probably two folios missing after f. 21(20) = ff. 21-22 in early foliation.
f. 22r	23r	-		-	-	f. 22r[23r]		Conjugate. Presumably f. 23r in early foliation, but the margin has been cut away.
f. 22v	23v	-		-	-	f. 22v[23v]		-
-		-		-	-	chasm after f. 22v[23v]		One folio missing after f. 22 = f. 24 in early foliation.
f. 23r	25r	-		-	-	f. 23r[25r]
f. 23v	25v	-		-	-	f. 23v[25v]		-
f. 24r	26r	-		-	-	f. 24r[26r]		(Eoghan Ó Hachoideirn)
f. 24v	26v	-		-	-	f. 24v[26v]		-
f. 25r	27r	-		-	-	f. 25r[27r]		-
f. 25v	27v	-		-	-	f. 25v[27v]		-
f. 26r	28r	-		-	-	f. 26r[28r]		-
f. 26v	28v	-		-	-	f. 26v[28v]		-
f. 27r	29r	-		-	-	f. 27r[29r]		-
f. 27v	29v	-		-	-	f. 27v[29v]		-
f. 28r	30r	-		-	-	f. 28r[30r]		-
f. 28v	30v	-		-	-	f. 28v[30v]		-
f. 29r	31r	-		-	-	f. 29r[31r]		-
f. 29v	31v	-		-	-	f. 29v[31v]		-
f. 30r	32r	-		-	-	f. 30r[32r]		Conjugate.
f. 30v	32v	-		-	-	f. 30v[32v]		-
-		-		-	-	chasm after f. 30v[32v]		Chasm. One or two folios.
f. 31r	33r	-		-	-	f. 31r[33r]		Conjugate.
f. 31v	33v	-		-	-	f. 31v[33v]		-
f. 32r	34r	-		-	-	f. 32r[34r]
f. 32v	34v	-		-	-	f. 32v[34v]		-
f. 33r	35r	-		-	-	f. 33r[35r]		-
f. 33v	35v	-		-	-	f. 33v[35v]		-
f. 34r	36r	-		-	-	f. 34r[36r]		-
f. 34v	36v	-		-	-	f. 34v[36v]		-
f. 35r	37r	-		-	-	f. 35r[37r]		-
f. 35v	37v	-		-	-	f. 35v[37v]		-
f. 36r	38r	-		-	-	f. 36r[38r]		-
f. 36v	38v	-		-	-	f. 36v[38v]		-
f. 37r	39r	-		-	-	f. 37r[39r]		-
f. 37v	39v	-		-	-	f. 37v[39v]		-
-		-		-	-	chasm after f. 37v[39v]		Chasm after f. 37. Continued on ff. 58-59 and 66.
f. 38r	40r	-		-	-	f. 38r[40r]
f. 38v	40v	-		-	-	f. 38v[40v]		-
f. 39r	41r	-		-	-	f. 39r[41r]		-
f. 39v	41v	-		-	-	f. 39v[41v]		-
-		-		-	-	chasm after f. 39v[41v]		Chasm after f. 39.
f. 40r	42r	-		-	-	f. 40r[42r]
f. 40v	42v	-		-	-	f. 40v[42v]		-
f. 41r	43r	-		-	-	f. 41r[43r]		-
f. 41v	43v	-		-	-	f. 41v[43v]		-
f. 42r	44r	-		-	-	f. 42r[44r]		-
f. 42v	44v	-		-	-	f. 42v[44v]		-
f. 43r	45r	-		-	-	f. 43r[45r]		-
f. 43v	45v	-		-	-	f. 43v[45v]		-
-		-		-	-	chasm after f. 43v[45v]		Chasm after f. 43.
f. 44r	46r	-		-	-	f. 44r[46r]
f. 44v	46v	-		-	-	f. 44v[46v]		-
f. 45r	47r	-		-	-	f. 45r[47r]		-
f. 45v	47v	-		-	-	f. 45v[47v]		-
f. 46r	48r	-		-	-	f. 46r[48r]		-
f. 46v	48v	-		-	-	f. 46v[48v]		-
f. 47r	49r	-		-	-	f. 47r[49r]		-
f. 47v	49v	-		-	-	f. 47v[49v]		-