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Part 1: Paper Identification: (please don't leave blank)

*placename, *library name, *collection name (if appropriate), *shelf number, *paper reference number.

Please select or fill in the appropriate information in the spaces which follow:

• *Place name: Athens Athos Chicago London Madrid Oxford Paris
  

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

  
  

• *Library Name: Agia Anna (skiti) Agiou Pavlou All Souls Arch. Nat. Arsenal Auct. Ancien fonds grec Balliol Coll. Barlow Barocci Biblioteca Nacional Bibliotheque Nationale Bodley British Library Chiliandariou Coislin Colbert Digby Dionysiou Docheiariou D'Orville Douce Dugdale Esphigmenou gr. gr. suppl. Grigoriou Hatton Holkham Iviron Kafsokalivia Karakallou Kastamonitou Koutloumousiou Laud Lavra Nea Skiti Pantaleimonos Pantokratoros Philotheou Protaton Rawlinson Simonos Petras Skiti Agiou Dimitriou Skiti Iviron Stavronikita Vatopediou Xenophontos Xeropotamou Zographou
  

  Other library name:

• *Collection name:
  

  If the codex belongs to a specific collection within its library, please enter the collection name here:

• *Shelf number:
  

  Shelf numbers are prefaced by a number of initial zeros appropriate to the size of the library or collection.; for example, Athos, Philotheou cod. 25 will be entered as 025, because the number of manuscripts in the collection is in the hundreds.

  Please enter the manuscript's shelf number here:

• *Paper reference number:

  Each type of paper in a codex or document is to be assigned a reference number which will be entered in the box below. For example, when five types of paper occur in a codex, they are numbered sequentially 1-5. The five papers in Athos, Philotheou codex 25 are identified as Athos, Philotheou 025,1 - 025,5. (Only one type of paper and one reference number should be entered in any submission of this form.)

  When matched pairs of watermarks have been found (corresponding to matched trays used in the paper-making processs distinguish the twins by the letters, a and b (ex: Athos, Philotheou 005,2a and 005,2b)

  When only one type of paper occurs in the manuscript, it is given the number 1.

  Please enter the paper reference number here:

Part 2: Manuscript Description.

The following numbered elements of manuscript description contribute to calculations regarding size of the original sheet of paper used in the codex and placement of the watermark. The last two items may make it possible to establish associations of the paper with scribes and centers of book production.

1. Type of manuscript:

   Select type of manuscript here:

   codex roll (sheets glued end to end) unattached sheet of paper portfolio or sheaf of documents other:

   Other manuscript type:

2. Manuscript dimensions

   Please enter dimensions of folio (if a codex) or of sheet (unattached or in roll) in mm.:
   

   Please enter numbers only, not the abbreviation, "mm."

   codex vertical dimension or narrow dimension of sheet:
   

   codex horiz. dimension or long dimension of sheet:
   

3. Codex format

   If the manuscript is a codex, select the format of the codex or of that section of the codex in which this paper occurs (folio, quarto, octavo, etc) here:

   2o 4o large 4o 8o large 8o 16o large 16o

4. Use of paper in the manuscript

   The relationship of a paper to the manuscript with which it is now associated ranges from being the original material of the manuscript to being a completely distinct paper only incidentally associated with the present manuscript. Select a descriptor in the box below which describes the relation of the paper to the manuscript in which it was found, or select the blank and enter your own descriptor in the box below labelled "Other paper use."

   the original material of the manuscript a supplement written for the orig. manuscript a restoration of the manuscript endleaves in a codex a pastedown (glued to inside of coverboard) laminated papers composing a binding a wrapper for the manuscript an originally distinct ms (bound with this ms at a later date) only incidentally associated with this ms other:

   Other paper use:

5. Scribe Identification:

   If the scribe of the manuscript is known, please enter the scribe's name here in place of the term, "unknown."

   Note: if more than one scribe wrote the manuscript, enter here only the scribe(s) who wrote on this particular paper in the manuscript.

   First Scribe:

   Second Scribe:

   Third Scribe:

6. Provenance

   If the provenance and scriptorium for this manuscript is known (the place at which this paper was used), please enter the information here replacing the terms "unknown."

   Provenance (region or city):

   Scriptorium (monastery or other center of copy):

Part 3: Paper Description

1. *Watermark design

   Standard descriptive terms as found in Briquet or Mosin-Traljic are used in this catalog, as evident in the options listed in the box below. These options are based on the complete List of Watermark Designs currently included in this archive.

   Please note that this list includes

   • Descriptors of Basic Motifs
     (for example: AMPHORA)

     Supplementary descriptors for basic motifs

     for example: with SINGLE HANDLE

     Descriptors for secondary motirs occurring above or below the basic watermark design

     Abbreviations

     NOTE: mgr. for "monogram," ltr. for "letter"

   Please select one of the options listed in the pull-down menu below, or if you do not find your watermark among these options, you may

   • Select the entry "other" (located at the end of this pull-down list of options) and enter your own descriptor in the following fill-in box.
   • Select an appropriate general descriptor from the pull-down menu and in the box which follows add a specific descriptor.

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

   Basic Motifs	Watermark Designs: Supplemental Descriptors
   AMPHORA ANCHOR ANCHOR AND STAR ANGEL ARROW ARROWS ASTERISK AX (banner: use STANDARD) BASILICA BELL BOW & ARROW BULL (see also HEAD OF BULL) CALIPER CARPENTER'S SQUARE CHALICE CIRCLE CIRCLES COLLAR (?) COLUMN CREST (see also shield) CROSS CROSS, GREEK CROSS-FORM CROSSBOW CROWN DOG EAGLE EAGLE-form LETTER A FERULE (FLEUR-DE-LIS: use TREFOIL) FLOWER FOOLSCAP FRUIT FRUITS GAUNTLET GAZELLE GRAPES HAMMER HAND HAT HEAD OF BULL HEAD OF HORSE HEAD OF HUMAN HEAD OF UNICORN HELMET HORSE HORSE, half-body (see also HEAD OF HORSE) HUMAN (see also HEAD OF HUMAN) JELLYFISH (?) KEY KEYS LADDER LAMB (see also RAM) LETTER A LETTER B LETTER C LETTER F LETTER L LETTER R LETTER S LION MAN MAN with AXE MONOGRAM MONOGRAM BA MONOGRAM CEVP MONOGRAM CP MONOGRAM M MONOGRAM NK MONOGRAM UNIDENTIFIED MOON MOONS, TRIPLE CRESCENT NAIL PADDLE PEDASTLE (see also TOWER) POT (see also AMPHORA, VASE) POWDER HORN RAM (see also LAMB) RIFLE RIFLES SCALES (ROUNDED PAN) SCALES (FLAT PAN) SCIZZORS SHIELD SICKLE SPADE (?) SQUARE (see also CARPENTER'S SQUARE) STANDARD ...(i.e., banner) STAR (see also ASTERISK) SWORD SWORDS "THREE MOUNTAINS" TOWER TREE TREFOIL UNICORN (see also HEAD OF UNICORN) UNIDENTIFIED VASE (see also AMPHORA, POT) WEIGHT (of SCALE)	CROSSED DIAGONAL STRIPE SINGLE HANDLE DOUBLE HANDLE /4-petals /5-petals IN CIRCLE IN OVAL IN SHIELD mgr. 6 in palm mgr. M in palm mgr. PM in palm ornamental RAMPANT unidentified *******************
   Secondary Motifs: Above the Basic Design: BIRD above CROSS above CROSS/greek above FLOWER above FLOWER/4-petals above FLOWER/5-petals above mgr. BA & CROSS above RAMROD above STAFF & FLOWER above STAFF & SNAKE above STAR/6-point above STAR/5-point above STAR & MONOGRAM above TREFOIL above ****************************	Secondary Motifs: Below the Basic Design: GRAPES below mgr. below mgr. LC below mgr. NK below *******************

   If you did not find a descriptor for your watermark in the options provided in the pull-down lists above, and selected any blank entries, please enter your own full watermark description or supplemental descriptors for this watermark in the box below, using terminology consistent with standard watermark catalogs:

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

   Dylux® Print Hand Tracing Machine Tracing None Available

   Other type of watermark facsimile:

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2. Countermarks

   Please select one of the descriptors listed in the pull-down menu below. If the paper has no countermark, select "No Countermark." If your paper has a countermark different from the options offered here, select the blank entry (located at the end of this pull-down list) and enter your own descriptor in the fill-in box which follows the pull-down list.

   No Countermark

   Countermark not found

   Countermark not preserved

   Letter(s) A

   Letter(s) AB

   Letter(s) B

   Letter(s) B-B with TREFOIL

   Letter(s) B-E with TREFOIL

   Letter(s) H-B with TREFOIL

   Letter(s) P-B with TREFOIL

   Letter(s) V

   other:

   If you did not find a descriptor for your countermark in the options provided above, and selected either blank or a general descriptor, type in a full descriptor or an added specific descriptor for this countermark here, using terminology found in standard watermark catalogs:

   
   

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

   Dylux® Print Hand Tracing Machine tracing None other:

   Other type of countermark facsimile:

   
   

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3. Watermark Description
   • Watermark Dimensions are recorded in mm., vertical dimension first.

     NOTE: "Vertical" parallels the alignment of the chain lines; it is not necessarily the same as the vertical axis of the design.

     Enter dimensions here (numerals only, not the abbreviation, mm.):

     Vertical dimension:

     Horizontal dimension:

   • Position of Watermark: is described relative to the chain lines.

     Please indicate the position of the watermark here:

     between chain lines regularly spaced between chain lines more widely spaced on a chain line on a supplemental chain line across 2 chain lines across 3 chain lines OTHER:

     If you selected blank in the preceding box, please indicate here the position of the watermark relative to the chain lines:

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4. Wire & Chain Lines Description
   • Density of wire lines in mm is indicated as the measure (in mm.) of 20 wirelines.

     Please enter the measurement of wirelines here (numerals only, not the abbreviation, mm.):

     Additional descriptors (check or enter your own descriptor):

     thin wire lines thick wire lines alternating thick & thin very thick wire lines thick wire lines, thin lines at edges wirelines in corrugated pattern wires wrapped around the chain lines alternate wires wrapped around the chains other:

     If you selected blank in the box above, please enter description of the wirelines pattern here:

   • Spacing of chain lines in mm:
     Enter in the box below the intervals between chain lines in mm.

     If the spacing of the chain lines is not regular, indicate the spacings of the chain lines sequentially, with the position of the watermark (which often affects the spacing of the chain lines) indicated by parentheses, as follows:
     

     If the watermark is on a chainline, the spaces on either side occupied by the watermark should be given in parentheses:

     28,25,(15,14),28,25

     If the watermark is positioned between or across two chain lines, the space between them should be given in parentheses:

     44,45,(50),47,43

   Enter the description of chain lines here (numerals only, not the abbreviation, mm.):

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5. Paper Thickness

   Paper thickness is described on a subjective and relative scale. Only extreme cases will be listed as "very thin" or "very thick". Please select one:

   very thin thin medium thin medium medium thick thick very thick

   If additional description is needed, please enter comments here:

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6. Paper Surface (color & texture description)
   • Color descriptors:

     Please select a color descriptor in the pull-down list, below. If you do not find an appropriate color descriptor here, select the blank at the end of the pull-down list and enter your own descriptor in the box that follows the pull-down list.

     Note: "white," and "off-white" indicate lighter color tones
     white off-white (beige) off-white (grey) off-white (cream) beige cream ivory other:

     If you selected blank, please enter alternate color description here:

   • Texture descriptors:
     Typical texture descriptors include the following (check as many as are appropriate):

     smooth

     matte

     fuzzy

     patina

     glazed

     bumpy

     dark fibres visible in paper

     wire lines visible in surface of paper

     Space is provided here for alternate or more extensive description if necessary:

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7. Stiffness of Paper

   Typical descriptors include (check as many as are appropriate):

   stiff

   crisp

   supple

   limp

   fiber-network disintegration

   Please enter additional description of paper stiffness here only if the description is distinctly different than any terms currently in the checklist:

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8. Date of the Paper

   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 (optional):

   Indicate the main basis for your dating of this paper by selecting one of the criteria in the following pull-down list. If you do not find an appropriate criterion there, select the blank at the end of the list and enter your own criterion or criteria in the box which follows the pull-down list.

   Criteria for your dating of the paper:

   published watermark(s) cited in 9 below codex date given in scribal note codex dated on paleographical grounds codex dated by comparison of papers codex dated from other evidence paper associated with binding other:

   If you selected blank (other evidence), or want to give more specific information, you may indicate the basis for your dating of this paper here:

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9. References to Published Watermarks

   References to published catalogs of watermarks are recorded here because they can be useful to persons searching this database. References are typically given in abbreviated form consisting of the editor's name and the watermark reference number used in that catalog.

   References may be for such purposes as:

   • giving cross references to similar or identical papers in traditional watermark catalogs
   • citing publications in which this particular paper has already been described.

   Common Abbreviations:

   • Briquet

     C. M. Briquet, Les Filigranes. Second Edition, 4 volumes, Leipzig, 1923. Reprinted N.Y., Hacker Art Books, 1966 and 1985.

   • Harlfinger

     Dieter & Johanna Harlfinger, Wasserzeichen aus griechischen Handschriften. Berlin, Nikolaus Mielke, 1974.

   • Mosin & Traljic

     Vladimir A. Mosin and Seid M. Traljic, Filigranes des XIIIe et XIVe SS. Zagreb, Academie Yougoslave des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, Institut d'Histoire, 1957.

   Please enter sources and watermark references here by selecting from the options in the following pull-down lists. If a source which you used is not found in these lists, select the blank fields at the ends of the pull down lists below and enter your own references in the bibliographical information input box that follows:
   

   First source:

   Short entry: Briquet Mosin & Traljic Harlfinger
   Other first source:
   Watermark reference:

   Second source:

   Short entry: Briquet Mosin & Traljic Harlfinger No second source
   Other second source:
   Watermark reference:

   Third source:

   Short entry: Briquet Mosin & Traljic Harlfinger No third source
   Other third source:
   Watermark reference:

   If you selected the blank field(s) above, please enter the full bibliographical information for your sources (with reference numbers) here:

   
   

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10. 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:

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