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Chart 14. Quire VII, reconstruction A

Quire VII, reconstruction A

This reconstruction accepts that the structure of folios 56-65 is a regular quire of ten leaves, but fails to explain the stub between 64 and 65 except through some unspecified effect of the later disturbances.

Quire VII, reconstruction B

Assuming that there is no textual disturbance between folios 64 and 65, this reconstruction assumes a similarly regular structure of bifolia in a quire of ten leaves, except that the original conjoint mate of folio 56 was eliminated after folio 64 and that the present folio 65 was an immediate replacement.

Chart 15. Quire VII, reconstruction B

Note: Folio 65 is creased and bunched at the tail of the gutter, while folio 56 shows no parallel disturbance in the equivalent area. However, the picture-cycle and text appear continuous from folio 64 to 65.

Quire VIII, state after the repairs of 1986: visible evidence only

By 1986, the last leaf of the Codex Mendoza (folio 71) and the following blank leaf (folio 72) were detached. In the repairs of 1986, repairing tissue was used to create an artificial bifolium out of these folios, which was subsequently sewn into the codex. The thread is surrounded by an additional free-standing fold of tissue. This necessitated setting folio 72 further out, making its old sewing holes and conjoint stub clearly visible. The stub at the gutter of folio 68r was released (but left in place), and the underlying surface was repaired with tissue.