Front cover of Paris Manuscript E
Limp parchment cover with the designation letter E, an old ownership inscription, and library stamps
The parchment front cover of Paris Manuscript E, bearing the inked designation letter "E", an old inscription recording the number of leaves, later shelf-marks, and the oval stamp of the Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France; further untranscribed writing is present on the cover that the bundle does not include.