On the Secrets of Women and the Virtues of Herbs (1607) - Page 5

⚠This image depicts the <term>fore-edge</term> <note>the outer edge of the pages, located opposite the spine, where the book is opened</note> of a closed, bound manuscript or early printed book. A faint horizontal inscription is visible across the middle of the leaf edges, but it is too faded and blurred to be transcribed with certainty.

Physical Description of the Volume: The Fore-edge

The image provided for this section displays the exterior of the closed book rather than an internal manuscript page.

The practice of writing a title or shelfmark a unique code or label used by a library to identify a book's location on a shelf on the fore-edge was common in early libraries where books were often stored with the spine facing inward.

Inscription on fore-edge?

The volume features a vellum binding a cover made from calfskin, sheepskin, or goatskin prepared for writing or binding that protects the internal textblock the gathered stack of pages that make up the interior of the book.