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Show 20 PAPERMAKIN working,-possibly the vatman or coucher. Every time a wir mark came loose from a mould it had to be attached again, and i s0 doing some detail naturally was slightly changed rom the original outline. This alone would account for the large number o No. 17 Slight variations in old watermarks should not be regarded a important as some writers lead us to believ marks, similar in subject, and supposedly from the same mill, bu varying to a slight degree. Another simple cause for variants ma be suggested. The two watermarks of the bull or ox shown as a illustration, were traced from sheets of paper from a copy of th first volume of the Mazarin Bible, attributed to Johann Gutenberg, and printed between 1450 and 14ss. In these two papermarks there is a striking resemblance, no doubt one was a copy o watermark ofa bull, the two possibly formed by different workx5, cach one trying to rival the other in design, but eeping th two cmblems within the sam f space and general contour The small impressions that appear crosswise along the lines o these devices were caused by the sewing wires which bound th Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |