ARCHIVE OF WATERMARKS AND PAPERS IN GREEK MANUSCRIPTS

Produced by Robert W. Allison
Assoc. Prof of Religion, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine and
Research Fellow Ektaktikos of the Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, Thessaloniki

Condensed Form for Submitting Descriptions of Papers and Watermarks

(For Expert Users and Persons Submitting Multiple Descriptions)

Go to form with explanations (for occasional and first-time users)

From: (your email address please)

*Please enter here your e-mail address:

*Please enter today's date (year/month/day):

Please enter your professional identification here:

*full name:
institution:
street/building
*city, state
*country, code

Part 1: Paper Identification

*Place name:

Other place name (if an apropriate name was not found above):
*Library Name:

Other library name:
*Collection name:
*Shelf number:
*Paper reference number:

Part 2: Manuscript Description.

Type of manuscript:

Other manuscript type:
Manuscript dimensions

codex vertical dimension or narrow dimension of sheet:

codex horiz. dimension or long dimension of sheet:
Codex format
Use of paper in the manuscript

Other paper use:
Scribe Identification:

First Scribe:

Second Scribe:

Third Scribe:

Provenance

Region or city:

Scriptorium (monastery or other center of copy):

Part 3: Paper Description

*Watermark design

NOTE: Please do not select parenthesized cross references or following explanations as options in the pull-down lists below.

Basic Motif	Supplemental Descriptor
Alternate Basic Motif:	Supplemental Descriptor
Secondary Motifs: Above the Basic Design:	Secondary Motifs: Below the Basic Design:

Other Supplemental Descriptors:

Type of facsimile from which the watermark image submitted to the Archive was produced:

Other type of watermark facsimile:

Countermarks

Other Countermark Design:

Type of facsimile from which the countermark image submitted to the Archive was produced:

Other type of countermark facsimile:

Watermark Description

Watermark Dimensions (numerals only, not the abbreviation, mm.):

Vertical dimension:

Horizontal dimension:
Position of Watermark:

Other description of watermark position:
Wire & Chain Lines Description
- Density of wire lines (Measure in mm of 20 lines)
- Wire Line Patterns:
  
  Other supplemental descriptors:
- Spacing of chain lines in mm: (numerals only, not the abbreviation, mm.)
Paper Thickness

Supplemental description of thickness:
Paper Surface (color & texture description)
- Color descriptors: ("white," and "off-white" indicate lighter color tones)
  
  Alternate color description here:
- Texture descriptors:
  
  smooth
  matte
  fuzzy
  patina
  glazed
  bumpy
  dark fibres visible in paper
  wire lines visible in surface of paper
  
  Alternate or supplemental description if necessary:
Stiffness of Paper

stiff
crisp
supple
limp
fiber-network disintegration

Supplemental description:

Date of the Paper
NOTE: century is indicated in the form 14** (=1400-1490; decade by 145* (= 1450-1459); range of dates by 145*-146*)

Basis for your dating of this paper:

Other basis:

References to Published Watermarks

First source:
Short entry:

Other first source:

Watermark reference:

Second source:
Short entry:
Other second source:
Watermark reference:

Third source:

Short entry:
Other third source:
Watermark reference:

Full bibliographical information and paper reference numbers for other sources:
Optional Additional Notes For mention of special circumstances affecting the paper or to clarify or qualify any element of your description, you may add here such comments as
- how the paper is distributed through the codex
- how the paper is mixed with other papers
- severe acid deterioration
- severe water stains
- information to help the user locate very faint watermarks in the print
- comments regarding any references given above to published watermarks
- etc.
Please enter notes here:
You should now recheck your submission data for accuracy, make any changes or corrections, and then:
when done, or
if you want to start over.

Created by Robert W. Allison
Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, Bates College
Lewiston, Maine 04240

Last updated: September 28, 1996

http://www.bates.edu/Faculty/wmarchive/FORM_descriptions-short.html