0 the front of something that is printed on both sides --
1 the page on the right of an open book --
The recto consequently preserves the top left corner of a right-hand page; while the verso preserves the top right corner of a left-hand page.
The recto side contains part of a 2nd- or 3rd-century account.
The second leaf shews the smooth breathing in its early square form: see line 15 of the recto of the leaf.
On the recto it is written in cursive letters.
The recto side is written in an upright cursive hand and contains a memorandum concerning a lease.
The copy we have obtained does not have any page numbering; it contains two folios, that is four pages, and starts at the recto of a folio.
This provides some explanation, at least, of why the directs appear, very unusually, between verso and recto and only in the section where the voice has entered.
This recto evidently was left as a cover page, and its worn condition would indicate that it functioned in that capacity for some time.
