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Show OLDxPAPERMAKIN 6 in the form of crosses, ovals, circles, knots, triangles three-hill symbols, and forms of the simplest kin which could have been readil E® twisted in wire. At this earl period there were a great man circa17 Pommeé crosses used as emblem 00-0-9| for watermarking paper. Thi was a Greels cross with balls o S circles at each end of the cros bars. Another similar mark t be found in fourteenth century Italian paper is th circle surmounted by a Patriarchal or Papal cross T he watermarks of thi first group were in us from the origin of the ar about the year 12770 unti the first quarter of the fifteenth century The second division of papermarks would include man and his works. We find the male figur in limited numbers and the female figure is me with but rarely except in mermaid form and the nearly always holdinga mirror. The human head feet, and hands were also used as watermarks b the early makers of paper. The hand is found i Jhundreds of different styles, usually surmounte by across, star, flower, or other object. The watermark of the human foot is exceptional and has onl been encountered in a few instances. T he works o man would embrace agricultural implements an Digital image© 2004 Marriot Libary, University of Utah. Al righs reserved |