LIMA: Paper: Watermark Databases - The University of Warwick
Briquet spent many years in archives across France, tracing watermarks from paper dated up to 1600. Two smaller collections that cover a later period are: W. A. Churchill, Watermarks in …
Watermarks & the History of Paper - Manuscript Evidence
Jul 5, 2020 · Many resources online are dedicated to watermarks and the history of paper. Often they are “confined” to specific interests: and/or regions (as with “Holland, England, and …
Watermarks in paper in Holland, England, France, etc. in the XVII …
Jun 13, 2019 · Watermarks in paper in Holland, England, France, etc. in the XVII and XVIII centuries and their interconnection by Churchill, W. A. (William Algernon), 1865-1947
Online Watermark Databases/Catalogues - paper history
NIKI's - International Database of Watermarks and Paper used for Prints and Drawings (c. 1450-1800) Piccard-Online - Watermarks from mainly archive documents (14 th -16 th century) PPO …
History of Papermaking in the UK - British Association of Paper …
During the first half of the seventeenth century, mills were established near Edinburgh, at Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, and several in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. …
Literary Manuscript Analysis: Paper and Watermarks - The …
In particular, almost all paper had a watermark; by identifying a watermark it is possible to approximate the date and place of the paper's manufacture. The usefulness of paper and …
In this appendix, each broad type of watermark is identified by its conventionally accepted name and a Roman numeral, e.g. Pot I. The numbering has no chronological significance and …
Watermark catalogues - paper history
Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dés leurs apparition vers jusqu'en 1600. 4 volumes (16112 watermarks). First edition Geneva 1907. Database portal: Bernstein - Memory of …
The Imagery of Early Watermarks - Qatar Digital Library
Early examples of watermarks in paper can display a variety of seemingly obscure imagery. What were these images attempting to communicate? Why were they used, and what is their …
Watermarks In The 1600s and 1700s - motherbedford.com
Watermarks In The 1600s and 1700s. During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, British papermakers began to use certain symbols to designate the paper's intended size.