ABSTRACT
It is item no. 34 in MS 3 that w e should like to discuss-a fascinating series of paper fragm ents tha t formerly constituted the boards of an unidentified book. Initially the boards looked unprom ising, for they were heavily encrusted w ith paste and dirt, and were perforated by worm holes. The leather outer covering of the binding had been re m oved and was no longer w ith the two boards. O ne can, however, clearly discern the offset im pression of the turn-ins along the edges: a deep brow n stain rem ains. Leather thongs that had once crossed the spine of the volum e w ere still laced through the boards. In addi tion, a single gathering of free-standing flyleaves, sewn w ithin itself and w ith a narrow parchm ent strip attached to one of the leaves, was lying betw een the boards.
