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Watermarks

Rare Book - Ref.
Z 237 B 85 Charles M. Briquet - Les fili Granes - 1923 Vol 1-4
TS 1090 A94 David Hunter - papermaking - 1943 - Alfred Knopf, N.Y. $4.50
TS 1080 P12 V.2 Guest - The Briquet Album - a miscellany in watermarks

1276 A.D. - 1st mention of the Fabrians, Italy papermills
1282 - watermarks used in Europe for the 1st time. They consisted
of simple crosses & circles (Italy)
1293 - 1st paper mill in Bologna, Italy.
1482 - Venetian paper makers separated the initials of the
papermakers from the device or symbol of the watermark.

German - Wasserzeichen, French - filigrame, Dutch - papiermerker

- for tracing definitely the dates of paper, or the exact localitus
of certain mills, the marks should not be relied upon inplicitly.

- these emblems were sometimes places in the center of the
sheets, or where the paper was folded in folio book
printing, but it is more usual to find 2 symbols or
designs each appearing in the middle of the half sheet
of paper.

- some 15C works contain a dozen or more different
papermarks in a single book.

4 clases

1) earliest - simplest kind - crosses, ovals, circles, knots, triangles,
hill symbols, pommée crosses.
14C Italian -> circle surmounted by a patriarchal or papal cross

2) man & the works of man -> tools, ships, keys, scales et-
i.e. mark of the hand.

3) flowers, trees, leaves, vegetables, grain, plants & fruits

4) wild, domesticated & legendary animals
paper used by Caxton bulls [inserted] unicorn [end inserted] head - appeared in 1310 the ox
paper of Coverdales Bible 1536

papermaking - the method was the same in all European countries - a mould
to thin brass wines supported by chain wines at wider intervals

Watermarks

Rare Book - Ref.
Z 237 B 85 Charles M. Briquet - Les fili Granes - 1923 Vol 1-4
TS 1090 A94 David Hunter - papermaking - 1943 - Alfred Knopf, N.Y. $4.50
TS 1080 P12 V.2 Guest - The Briquet Album - a miscellany in watermarks

1276 A.D. - 1st mention of the Fabrians, Italy papermills
1282 - watermarks used in Europe for the 1st time. They consisted
of simple crosses & circles (Italy)
1293 - 1st paper mill in Bologna, Italy.
1482 - Venetian paper makers separated the initials of the
papermakers from the device or symbol of the watermark.

German - Wasserzeichen, French - filigrame, Dutch - papiermerker

- for tracing definitely the dates of paper, or the exact localitus
of certain mills, the marks should not be relied upon inplicitly.

- these emblems were sometimes places in the center of the
sheets, or where the paper was folded in folio book
printing, but it is more usual to find 2 symbols or
designs each appearing in the middle of the half sheet
of paper.

- some 15C works contain a dozen or more different
papermarks in a single book.

4 clases

1) earliest - simplest kind - crosses, ovals, circles, knots, triangles,
hill symbols, pommée crosses.
14C Italian -> circle surmounted by a patriarchal or papal cross

2) man & the works of man -> tools, ships, keys, scales et-
i.e. mark of the hand.

3) flowers, trees, leaves, vegetables, grain, plants & fruits

4) wild, domesticated & legendary animals
paper used by Caxton bulls [inserted] unicorn [end inserted] head - appeared in 1310 the ox
paper of Coverdales Bible 1536

papermaking - the method was the same in all European countries - a mould
to thin brass wines supported by chain wines at wider intervals