Section II.—Bloch Prints. 
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27, 28, 29 (pp. 2, 3), 30, 35, 36, 38-42, 44 and 45. Recension Ic (A) 
conies next, on forms 3,4, 8, 19, 25 (p. 4), 26, 29 (pp. 1, 4), 31-34 and 43. 
Recension Ie (E) only occurs on the forms 5, 13 (p. 1), and 37. 
As a rule, the lines of print run parallel with the narrow side, and 
accordingly the columns run parallel with the longer side of the page 
(see Plate YI). There is only one exception in which the lines of print 
run parallel with the longer side, and accordingly the columns (which in 
this case are four in number) with the narrow side of the page (see 
Plate VII) ; this is the first page of the 33rd leaf. On two pages there 
is an altogether exceptional arrangement, which may be shown thus : 12 -— 
Leaf 13, 
page 1. 
Leaf 33, 
page 
3. 
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ccc ccc 
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Ci 
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e e 
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ccc ccc 
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e e 
C4 
o 
These three exceptional pages would seem to have been trial pages, 
to find out the best way of disposing the impressions on the page. 
As a rule the columns of the text are arranged so that they stand 
turned towards the inside ( i.e ., the neck-like, peg-hole side of the 
page), either head to head or foot to foot. There are altogether 86 
pairs of printed pages, 43 pairs inside and 43 pairs outside the “ forms.” 
Out of these 86 pairs, 78 have the columns of text thus arranged, 
i.e., head to head or foot to foot. In the remaining eight pairs, the foot 
of the column on one page adjoins the head of the column on the other 
page; and the arrangement on these exceptional pairs is clearly due 
to carelessness on the part of the printer. Again among the 78 pairs 
which have the normal arrangement, 37 have the heads of their 
columns turned inside, i.e., towards the peg-hole side, while 41 have 
the feet of their columns turned inside. 13 The pairs are nearly equally 
ccc denotes recension Ic, and eee denotes recension Ie. 
IS In terras of “ forms ” the distribution stands thus. There are 45 forms. In 
2 forms (first and last) only one page is printed. Of the remaining 43 forms, 14 
have the head of the text turned inside; 17 have it outside; of 6 others, 2 have 
the head inside on their interior side, but outside on their exterior side, and 4 have 
the head outside on the interior, but inside on the exterior; of the remaining 4 
forms, 2 have the head inside on the interior and no order on the exterior, while 1 has 
the head outside on the exterior, but no order on the interior side, and 1 is exactly 
the reverse of the last-mentioned; (14 + 17 + 6 + 4 = 41). Obviously the last-men¬ 
tioned 10 forms (6 + 4) might be folded the other way, and then would show the 
exact reverse of their present condition. The remaining two forms have no order 
either on the interior or exterior side (41 + 2 = 43). 
