53r, presenting the flesh side, face folios 49r and 52v likewise on the
flesh side; and folios 49v and 52r presenting the hair side, face folios
50r and 51v likewise on the hair side. The inside pages 50v and 51r
which face each other, are both flesh side, and the outside pages 48r
and 53v are both hair side, as may be seen from the accompanying
diagram.

(47) 48 49 50 51 52 53 (54)
: | | | : | | | :
: | | | Flesh : Flesh | | | :
: | | +-------:-------+ | | :
: | | Hair : Hair | | :
: | | : | | :
: | | Hair : Hair | | :
: | +------------:------------+ | :
: | Flesh : Flesh | :
: | : | :
: | Flesh : Flesh | :
: +-----------------:-----------------+ :
: Hair : Hair :
: : :
: Hair : Hair :
: - - - - - - - - - - -:- - - - - - - - - - - :
Flesh Flesh

From this arrangement it is evident that if our fragment once formed
part of a quaternion the missing sheet was so folded that its hair side
faced the present outside sheet and its flesh side was on the outside of
the whole gathering. Now, it was by far the more usual practice in our
oldest uncial manuscripts to have the flesh side on the outside of the