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earliest watermark - Bulls Head - appeared in Italy about 1280.
5 of the earliest watermarks - from Brignit
Key
1243 Bologne
Greek Cross
1298 Gisa
fleur de lis
1295 Bologna
makers initials
1294
Bologna
1287 Torallo
folio -> watermark in the centre of the Icaf
guanto -> " " " fold of the Icaf
8* -> again in the centre of the upper edge.
watermarks - indicators of nigin in the beginning - then by degree
they seemed to have assumed the character also of a mark
of quality.
paper of early printing period mainly of 2 sizes -
1) a large folio (90x50cm) - folded over once gave the
large folio size of incumabula as seen in the Biblia of
Adolf Rusch.
2) small folio - subject to greater variations - average size
might be 50x30. From this size the majority of early
folios were made.
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