Editing Voynich manuscript (section)

=== Codicology ===
The [[codicology]], or physical characteristics of the manuscript, has been studied by researchers. The manuscript measures {{convert|23.5| by|16.2| by |5|cm|in|abbr=on}}, with hundreds of [[vellum parchment|vellum]] pages collected into 18 [[Paper quire|quires]]. The total number of pages is around 240, but the exact number depends on how the manuscript's unusual foldouts are counted.<ref name="MS 408">{{harvnb|Shailor}}</ref> The quires have been numbered from 1 to 20 in various locations, using a style of numerals consistent with those used in the 15th century, and the top righthand corner of each [[recto and verso|''recto'']] (righthand) page has been numbered from 1 to 116, using a style of numerals that originated at a later date. From the various numbering gaps in the quires and pages, it seems likely that in the past, the manuscript had at least 272 pages in 20 quires, some of which were already missing when Wilfrid Voynich acquired the manuscript in 1912. There is strong evidence that many of the book's [[wikt:bifolio|bifolios]] were reordered at various points in the book's history, and that its pages were originally in a different order than the order they are in today.<ref name=analysis>{{harvnb|Barabe|2009}}</ref><ref name="Pelling">{{harvnb|Pelling|2006}}</ref>