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Show 1 OLD~PAPERMAKIN made from disintegrated fibre upon flat mould before the time of Christ and paper is still forme in this fashion; the only difference lying inthe construction of the moulds and the treatment of th fibre. The process in principle remains the same The Oriental papermakers may have poure the pulp upon the moulds but from the introductio of the art into Europe dur ing the eleventh century the moulds were dipped into the pulp, and brought t the surface laden with th matted fibre which, afte drying, was paper Ol e here was comparativeIy little use for paper befor the invention of printin f20m movable types an byJost Amman. 1568 with the ushering in o this art, the craft of the papermaker had its rea impetus. It was during the incunabula period tha the fabrication of paper developed into a notabl industry, and present day interest in old papermaking dates from the infancy of printing rathe than its history at a more ancient time The exact methods used by papermakers in th days of Gutenberg, Jenson and Caxton are no mor clear to us than are the precise processes used b Digital image© 2004 Mariot Libary, Universty o Utah. Al right reserved |
