Medieval cut-and-paste: the rubricator put the red and blue section number "XLVIII" in the wrong place, so the owner of the book cut it out and stuck it in the correct place, lower down the same margin:

(Oxford, University College, MS 55 https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_13037)

University College MS. 55 - Medieval Manuscripts

@mssprovenance
It's how they made corrections
I don't think they did it when they were paid to translate the bible
Think about that