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Show 8 OLDxPAPERMAKIN and legs and terminating at the neck where th other wire completed the head,~the eye havin been formed by a crook in the second wire. Thi camel papermark is French from about 1379 Elephants, leopards, goats, lambs, dragons, cats horses, and deer are found in abundance in watermarlss from the middle of the fourteenth century T he cock is not a common marlk in old paper bu a variety of specimens, mostly of French origin have been found in the pages of antique booksan manuscripts. Some of the chanticleer marlks sho ability in drawing as well as fashioning in wire It is noticeable that the cock was generally forme by the old papermakers with open bill, which according to the authorities on symbolism, denote the dawn or lightness. Birds of many kinds an sizes furnished a multitude of forms for the papermakers to use as watermarks. Alsowe find in unlimited numbers representations of fish, as wel as every crustacean animal o the sea Each of the watermarks,~whether the simpl original devices, the human figure and head, mans works, vegetation or animals-seems to have ha its place in the world of symbolism, but whethe or not they meant anything other than marks o identification is conjecture. However, it is reasonable to think that they bore some significance an held some sort of a vital place in the lives of th artisans who fashioned them, but whether the L Digital image© 2004 Mariot Libary, Universty o Uta. All right reserved |
