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Specimens are not quite identical, so they presumably represent the two molds:

Figure 8. Folio i (figure 11, beta-radiograph)

The front pastedown with Thevet’s signature is probably of the same paper; now that it is pasted down, no watermark can be discerned in it, but the chain-lines are approximately the same distance apart (approx. 27-8 mm.).

Figure 9. (ii) Folio ii (figure 12, beta-radiograph)

Pattern H: Three objects and a letter

This is a difficult pattern, since the objects are highly stylized and the letter could be read as an “M” (below the objects) or as a “W” (above the objects). Since the pattern is symmetrical, the direction of viewing whether from “mold” side or “felt” side makes no difference. The 1992 facsimile showed a difference in interpretation, with Bruce Barker-Benfield (vol. I, p. 23 and fig.) interpreting the patterns as “‘W’ over three swords or daggers” and Wayne Ruwet (vol. I, pp. 14 and 16 fig. 6) as “three hats over an M.” As hats, the objects have a high crown, flat brim, and two ties or tassels hanging down; as daggers, the objects have a short, blunt blade with a broad hilt.