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Evidence · Voynich Manuscript

The sheet, not the page, is the unit of composition

Pages on one leaf or bifolio share vocabulary at z 9.3-9.6; pages bound adjacent on different sheets z 1.0: the sheet is the unit of composition.

EstablishedObservation0

What it bears on 2 answers

The present binding order preserves the original sequence of sheets.
Ruled out · weighs heavily · H-ORDER-BINDING
AGAINST
The sheet is the unit of composition
Most likely · weighs heavily · H-ORDER-SHEET
FOR

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The sheet, not the page, is the unit of composition [Evidence EVD0D8GDMCJ49MN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDMCJ49MN
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