Although Quandt's work was remarkably comprehensive, revealing much about the manuscript's provenance and construction, it still left some questions unanswered.  

Perhaps the most fascinating of these was the pastedown, a piece of parchment containing what appeared to be a legal document in a slightly later hand than that found throughout the manuscript.  This parchment was separated from the binding at Stanitz's request in the hope that it would reveal additional information about the manuscript.  Unfortunately, the conservation team was unable to decipher anything meaningful from the badly damaged text: digital technology in 1990 was just not powerful enough to make the manuscript reveal any of its secrets. 

Fast forward to 2015, however, and the situation is very different.  Using a combination of UV light and image enhancement software, we at the Kislak Center were able to glean some critical information from this parchment: a date, place names, and a name.  This information confirmed what was already suspected about its Spanish (instead of French) provenance, but it also raised new questions about LJS 184's composition date and whether the wooden boards were, in fact, original to the manuscript.