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The above sequence (unlike that of chart 12) in fact fits the order suggested by the original foliation, as stated above in square brackets. In theory, foliation in this order might have taken place either before or after the disordering of the leaves. However, the most natural explanation would be that the foliator originally numbered the leaves on the rectos as he found them (perhaps already disordered). Then, after realizing the disorder, he corrected the numbers on the three rectos and added the correct equivalents on the relevant versos as well, though the misplaced folio 55 itself was left between 52 and 53 where it still remains.

Quire VI, hypothetical reconstruction of Purcha’s order (1625 or before)

Chart 12. Quire VI [cont.]

The sequence of woodcuts of the Codex Mendoza in Purchas his Pilgrimes, Part 3 (London 1625, Bodleian shelfmark Lister E 55), pp. 1100-1101, shows pictures derived incompletely from these pages in the following order: (p. 1100) Codex Mendoza folios 52r, 53r, and (p. 1101) folios 55r and 54r. These woodcuts are the basis of the reconstruction in the chart below. The text, in English translation, fits the pictures, an order which could not have been achieved without some silent editorial reordering.