Tag: watermarks

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  October 18, 2024

  Spotlight: 18th century book with watermark of a mythical creature

  Look closely at this photo. What do you see? Imprinted into the paper is the faint image of a striding mythical animal with its tongue sticking out. This is a watermark. When the paper for this book was made by hand, shreds of cloth would have been mashed up in water and a wire mesh…

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