Manuscript lesson of the Day! A quickie thread on...evidence of thread! Perusing this early 13C Psalter, and I, very happily, came across these holes, which appear to be curtain holes. bl.uk/manuscripts/Vi… /1 
Here's an earlier thread I did on curtains:
https://twitter.com/Sonja_Drimmer/status/1075087524341653505?s=20/2
This fall I attended an excellent talk by Morgan Adams, titled, "Hidden in Plain Sight: Identifying Evidence of Curtains in Medieval Manuscripts in the Morgan Library & Museum." I learned new things about how to identify evidence that a MS once contained curtains. /3
One thing I learned is that sewing holes for curtains are different from pricked holes for ruling not only because they're often not in a straight line but ALSO because one may be able to see evidence that the needle pushed into the parchment in diff directions. For example: /4
Here. Now, it's pretty hard to assess from a dig'd MS, but, I feel like I can kind of see puckering around some holes (an indication that a needle pushed thru the parchment from behind) and no puckering around others (the needle pushing thru from this side). Hard to say. But /5
When we can go see--and, really FEEL--manuscripts again, I plan to focus my attention, and the attention of my fingers, and not just my eyes, on these holes to see whether I can detect evidence of a needle pushing into parchment from the recto and the verso. /6
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