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book. Strips of thin vellum, -which were pasted on the top and back 

 margins, and written upon, have disappeared. 



Folio 18, =«pp. [35-6] is defective at the lower corner of col. 2. A 

 piece of vellum, pasted on the defective corner and written upon, has 

 disappeared ; and with it part of the four lowest lines on p. [35], and part 

 of the six last lines on p. [36] have been lost. These observations will 

 apply equally to a similar defect at folio 24, pp. [47] and [48]. 



Polio 21, =pp. [41-2]. A chasm of two folios between pp. [42] 

 and [43]. 



Folio 24, = pp. [47-8], lines 44 to 53. Text defective. The vellum, 

 defective here, was restored by pasting a piece on the hole, and this, 

 which was written upon, has disappeared, with the greater part of the 

 last 9 lines on front and back. 



Folio 25,=pp. [49-50]. A chasm between pp. [50] and [51]. Noted 

 by O'Curry, who wrote " Defect" in pencil on the foot margin of folio 

 26 b. 



Folio 26, = pp. [51-2]. Eleven leaves are missing here between 

 pp. [52] and [53]. This break is noticed by O'Curry, who wrote 

 " Defect" in pencil on the foot margin of folio 26 b. 



The folio following 43 (now folio 30, = pp. [59-60] ) is numbered 

 45 in the ink pagination, from which it would appear that folio 44 is 

 missing, but there is no break or defect in the text. The folio is now 

 in its proper place, and should be numbered 44, not 45. O'Curry made 

 the following note in pencil on the top margin of this folio, p. b : — " This 

 folio is in its proper place, E. Curry, folio 44." Owing to this mistake 

 the ink pagination is one f oho in advance of the true number as far as 

 it goes. 



Folio 37, = pp. [73-4]. A chasm of one leaf here between pp. 

 [74] and [75]. A note in pencil on the top margin of folio 41 a is as 

 follows: " One folio wanting here, E. C." 



Folio 52, = pp. [103-4]. The old pagination shows a gap between 

 pp. [104] and [105]. The break is noticed by O'Curry, who wrote 

 " Defect" in pencil, on the lower margin of folio 52 b. 

 Folio 53 a, = p. [105], is blank. 



Folio 59, = pp. [117-8]. One leaf is missing, leaving a chasm 

 between pp. [118] and [119]. This gap is noticed by O'Curry, who 

 wrote " Defect, defect," in pencil, on foot margin of folio 59 b. 



Folio 63, = pp. [125-6]. The old pagination shows a chasm of 

 fifteen folios between pp. [126] and [127]. O'Curry noted this break, 

 and wrote " Defect " in pencil on the lower margin of folio 63 b. 



Folio 82, = pp. [163-4]. The old pagination shows a chasm of two 

 folios between pp. [164] and [165]. O'Curry noticed this break, and 

 wrote " Defect" in pencil on lower margin of folio 82 b. 



Folio 85, = pp. [169-70]. The old pagination shows a chasm of 21 

 folios between pp. [170] and [171]. At foot of folio 85, O'Curry 

 wrote in pencil, " Defect to folio 140. E. C." 



Folio 90, = pp. [179-80]. A chasm between pp. [180] and [181]. 

 O'Curry wrote " Defect" in pencil on foot margin of folio 90 b. 



