Archival note by Jonathan Smith © 2023 University of Bergen. CC BY-NC 4.0

MS 131 is a casebound volume measuring 233 x 181 mm. Wittgenstein has included dates between 10 August and 9 September 1946 in the text. The binding is red buckram quarter-bound with red leather. There is a label affixed to the front cover reading ‘Sheet 4 48’. Internally, there is a flyleaf at each end 130 leaves measuring 225 x 175 mm, ruled with 23 lines per page and a vertical red line 28 mm from the left of the page. The volume is paginated pp 1-100, 110, 120-224 by Wittgenstein and foliated ff. 1-103 by another hand. The text is in German with substantial coded remarks, written with pen in blue/black ink with some pencil used for annotation.