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
© Robert W. Allison
LIST OF WATERMARK DESIGNS INCLUDED IN THIS CATALOG TO DATE
The following list includes all watermark designs currently included in this archive. To locate the prints in question, you may do a simple search for these terms in the Database of Paper Descriptions, or in the Archive of Watermark Images
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- AMPHORA
- with SINGLE HANDLE
- with DOUBLE HANDLE
- ANCHOR
- ANCHOR AND STAR
- ANCHOR IN CIRCLE
- with TREFOIL above
- with 6-POINT STAR above
- with STAR and MONOGRAM
- ANCHOR in OVAL
- ANGEL
- ARROW
- CROSSED ARROWS
- ASTERISK
- AX
- BANNER
- BASILICA
- BELL
- in CIRCLE
- BOW & ARROW
- BULL
- BULL HEAD
- with STAFF & SNAKE above
- with STAFF & FLOWER above
- CALIPER
- CARPENTER'S SQUARE
- CHALICE
- withTREFOIL above
- CIRCLE(S)
- with CROSS above
- with MONOGRAM BA and CROSS above
- COLLAR (?)
- COLUMN
- COUNTERMARKS
- A
- AB
- B
- B-B with TREFOIL
- B-E with TREFOIL
- H-B with TREFOIL
- P-B with TREFOIL
- V
- DOUBLE COUNTERMARKS
- CREST
- with DIAGONAL STRIPE
- see also SHIELD
- CROSS
- GREEK
- with CROSS above
- GREEK with CROSS
- ORNAMENTAL GREEK
- in SHIELD with MONOGRAM LC below
- CROSSBOW
- in CIRCLE
- in OVAL
- in OVAL with TREFOIL above
- CROWN
- with TREFOIL above
- in OVAL with TREFOIL above
- with GRAPES below
- DOG
- EAGLE
- EAGLE-form LETTER A with MONOGRAM NK below
- FERULE
- FLEUR-DE-LIS (TREFOIL)
- with smallTREFOIL above
- FLOWER
- 4-PETAL
- FOOLSCAP
- FRUIT
- FRUITS
- GAUNTLET
- GAZELLE
- with STAFF and FLOWER above
- GRAPES
- HAMMER
- HAND
- with 4-PETAL FLOWER ABOVE
- with 5-PETAL FLOWER ABOVE
- with 5-POINT STAR above
- with 6 in palm
- with MONOGRAM PM in palm
- with MONOGRAM M in palm
- HAT
- HEAD: see BULLHEAD, HORSEHEAD, HUMAN HEAD, UNICORN HEAD,
- HELMET
- HORSE
- half-body
- HORSEHEAD
- HUMAN HEAD
- HORSEHEAD
- JELLYFISH (?)
- KEY and KEYS
- CROSSED KEYS
- LADDER
- in CIRCLE, 6-POINT STAR above
- LAMB
- see also RAM
- LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET
- A
- B
- C
- F
- L
- R
- S
- LION
- RAMPANT
- MAN
- with AXE
- MONOGRAM
- BA
- CEVP
- CP
- M in OVAL with GREEK CROSS above
- NK
- UNIDENTIFIED
- MOON
- 3 CRESCENT MOONS
- 3 CRESCENT MOONS with (unidentified) MONOGRAM
- NAIL
- PADDLE
- PEDASTLE
- cf. TOWER
- POT
- with DIAGONAL STRIPE
- see also AMPHORA, VASE
- POWDER HORN
- RAM
- in CIRCLE
- see also LAMB
- RIFLE
- RIFLES, CROSSED
- with RAMROD
- SCALES
- SCALES IN CIRCLE
- with BIRD above
- in OVAL with FLOWER above
- SCIZZORS
- SHIELD
- SICKLE
- SPADE (?)
- SQUARE
- see also CARPENTER'S SQUARE
- STAR
- see also ASTERISK
- SWORD
- "THREE MOUNTAINS"
- in CIRCLE
- in OVAL
- TOWER
- TREE
- CROSS-FORM
- SCALES (ROUNDED PAN) IN CIRCLE
- SCALES (FLAT PAN) IN CIRCLE
- UNICORN
- UNICORN HEAD
- UNIDENTIFIED
- UNIDENTIFIED IN CIRCLE
- VASE
- see also AMPHORA, POT
- WEIGHT (of SCALE)
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