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

© 1996 Robert W. Allison. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS OF THE GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE OF WATERMARKS AND PAPERS IN GREEK MANUSCRIPTS

• Introduction to the Guide. You are now reading it; it begins with this Table of Contents and the Overview to the Archive Archive:
  • A Brief Overview of the Databases of the Watermark Archive
  • History of the Watermark Archive
  • The Watermark Archive as a Vehicle of Publication (Identifying Scribes, Centers of Manuscript Production and Patterns in the Use of Paper)
  • A Statement on the Need for this Watermark Archive
  • A Statement of the Rationale for an Electronic Medium
  • Credits to the sponsors and funding agencies which have made this archive possible.

• Whats New in the Archive of Watermarks and Papers in Greek Manuscripts. Here you will find news about recent additions to the archive, with credits to the scholars who have made those contributions, as well as news about related projects.

• Introduction to the Archive of Watermarks. This page of the Guide is the main point of entry to the Archive of Watermark Images. The page includes links to the archive itself (the Index of Watermarks) and to several subsections of the Guide, including
  • How This Archive Was Created, including scanning method, kinds of images available, computer enhancement of images.

  • How To Use This Archive. This section explains searches, viewing a print, on-screen comparison of watermarks, and obtaining prints from this archive for comparison.

  • Contributing to the Watermark Archive Scholars everywhere who are gathering tracings or prints of watermarks from Greek manuscripts are invited to contribute tracings or prints to this archive. This section explains how to publish your watermarks here, and gives instructions for electronic submission of scanned prints or tracings.

  • Instructions for Making Contact Prints of Watermarks This document explains how to make watermark prints from even the most difficult watermarks (like the one seen in the header on this and other pages in this archive) using Dupont Dylux® proofing paper.

• Introduction to the Descriptive Catalog of Papers. This page is the main point of entry to the Archive of Paper Descriptions. This Introductory page identifies and explains the ten elements of description by which papers are described in this catalog. It also explains how to contribute paper descriptions to this database, and provides a link to the electronic form for submission of your paper descriptions

• Introduction to the Bibliographical Database. This page is the main point of entry to the Bibliographical Database. Scholars are invited to add to this database references to publications, either their own or others, in which watermarks or types of paper used in Greek manuscripts are identified. Contributions are made by using the electronic form for submission of bibliographical references.

• About Paper and Watermarks written by Robert Allison with contributions from Mark Sosower, North Carolina State University, for those new and not so new to the subject.

  Featuring the life cycle of the filigree twins in the rough-and-tumble of the paper factories, and how they made their "mark" in history. (An introductory overview of papermaking and watermarks in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and their importance for manuscript-related research.)

• The Colophon wherein can be found credits and information about the antique paper background of these pages, the Watermark Archive banner logo, and the various watermark images serving as markers for the various divisions of the Archive.

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