Booklets Bound Together

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SBB-PK), Ms.germ.qu. 719
How do we know the booklets (?) existed separately?
Most of the booklets end with empty pages, a clear indication that the book was not written continuously. Thus, for the making of the book as interesting as the texts are the empty pages in the manuscript. Empty are: 60v; 65v-67v; 101v-102v; 181v-185v; 191r-195v. Furthermore, the outer pages of the booklets show signs of use – they not only lay on a shelf, but were read quite frequently before being bound together as a book. Have a look for instance at the stains at the beginning of the 5th booklet:

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SBB-PK), Ms.germ.qu. 719, fol. 186r.

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