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 Searching Descriptions of Papers and Watermarks

(For Expert Users and Persons Doing Multiple Searches)

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

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
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
or	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:

Countermarks

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

Watermark Description

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

Vertical dimension:

Horizontal dimension:
Position of Watermark

Wire & Chain Lines Description

Density of wire lines in mm (measure (in mm. of 20 lines)
Wire line patterns,
Spacing of chain lines in mm: (numerals only, not the abbreviation, mm.)

Paper Thickness

Paper Surface (color & texture description)

Color descriptors:
Texture descriptors:

smooth
matte
fuzzy
patina
glazed
bumpy
dark fibres visible in paper
wire lines visible in surface of paper

Stiffness of Paper

stiff

crisp

supple

limp

fiber-network disintegration

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*)

References to Published Watermarks

First source:

Short entry:

Watermark reference:

Second source:

Short entry:
Watermark reference:

Third source:

Short entry:
Watermark reference:

Optional Additional Notes You may enter here any key words pertinent to the paper you are searching that you think might occur in Archive descriptions in the Optional Notes section:

When you have finished defining your search, you may:

or
if you want to start over.

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

Updated: September 28 1996

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