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The disturbances in the collation structure (e.g. the apparent replacement of the “title page” at folio 2 and the cancellations of leaves at the ends of Quire VI after the end of Section 2 at folio 55 and Quire VIII after the end of Section 3 at folio 71) can all be explained as integral to the making of the book and do not necessarily represent later accidents or losses. However, another clue about the early state of the manuscript may lie in the rough creases which are still visible especially in the first two sections but perhaps throughout the manuscript (up to folio 71); these indicate that, at some point in its history, the leaves of the Codex Mendoza had been roughly folded over twice, perhaps first vertically and then horizontally, into a quarter of its size. The similar character and locations of the creases seem to indicate that the complete manuscript was thus folded at once or that at least a few quires were simultaneously folded. Such folding could only have been possible if the manuscript had been either disbound or, at most, covered only with a single layer of limp parchment.