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Specimens in two readily distinguishable molds:

Figure 5. (i) Folios 56 (beta-radiograph), 63, 64 (figure 8, beta-radiograph)

Figure 6. (ii) Folios 59 (beta-radiograph), 60, 66, 68

Pattern F: Sphere with five-pointed star above

Similar, but not identical to Briquet 14013 (Angoulême, 1570). No examples of this pattern are reproduced by Valls i Subirà.

Figure 7. Specimen: folio 69 only (figure 10, beta-radiograph)

Early endpapers associated with Part 1

(front pastedown, folios i-ii, 72)

Thevet’s signature on the former flyleaf (which is now the front pastedown) confirms its sixteenth-century date (see further below). Similarly, the date “7 Sept. 1587” on folio ii verso provides a terminus post quem non. This firm dating evidence supports the conclusion from the physical data of pleats and sewing-holes in these leaves that they pre-date the present seventeenth-century English binding.

Pattern G: Fleur-de-lis, crowned

The fleur-de-lis and its crown are of equal size; at the point where they join, the letter “A” appears on the left and “B” on the right. No Spanish examples of the crowned fleur-de-lis are reproduced by Valls i Subirà or amongst Briquet’s specimens (no. 7223-7258); the closest parallels, with different initials, are Briquet 7249 (Poitiers, 1574, with “G L”) and Piccard XIII (Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart 1983, vol. 13, no. 786), (Florence 1579, with “B G”).