Month: May 2018

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Pot, one-handled, crescent on top, ‘O/A B’ in bowl

Watermark Pot, one-handled, crescent on top, ‘O/A B’ in bowl
Date 1623–1669; a single watermark throughout book (200 folios)
Location of use Coleraine, Ireland
Dimensions 65 mm x 28 mm
Chain-lines foredge 5>9]-21-22-22-21-21-21-21-22-[1>5 gutter
Position between lines 5 and 6, centre page
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source ‘Acts of the Corporation of Colerain. [sic] from the 4th day of July 1623 to the 29th day of July 1669’, f. 200
Repository Curraghmore House
Rear of Unicorn (complements Unicorn on (e.g,) f. 11)
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Rear of Unicorn (complements Unicorn on (e.g,) f. 11)

Watermark Rear of Unicorn (complements Unicorn on (e.g,) f. 11)
Date c. 1564
Location of use Cambridge, England
Dimensions  6mm x  27mm
Chain-lines gutter 17]-23-23-22-22-22-22-[15 foredge
Position between lines 4 and 5
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Primer of Elizabeth I, f. 12
Repository Farmleigh House, Dublin (collection under ownership of Marsh’s Library)
Unicorn
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Unicorn

Watermark Unicorn
Date c. 1564
Location of use Cambridge, England
Dimensions  44mm x  30mm
Chain-lines gutter 5]-23-23-22-22-22-22-22-[13 foredge
Position between lines 5 and 6,
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Primer of Elizabeth I, f. 11
Repository Farmleigh House, Dublin (collection under ownership of Marsh’s Library)
Crowned trefoil, flanked by initials: P (left) I (right)
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Crowned trefoil, flanked by initials: P (left) I (right)

Watermark Crowned trefoil, flanked by initials: P (left) I (right)
Date second half 16th cent.
Location of use Cambridge (?), England
Dimensions  16mm x 17mm
Chain-lines gutter 28-28-27-27-27-28-27-16-[13 foredge
Position sideways between 3 and 4
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Farmleigh MS IV E 6, pp 414[h]
Repository Farmleigh House, Dublin (collection under ownership of Marsh’s Library)
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St Catherine’s Wheel, three holly leaves above, ?twisted stem below. Identical to Gravell WHL.005.1

St Catherine’s Wheel, three holly leaves above, ?twisted stem below. Identical to Gravell WHL.005.1
Date second half 16th cent.
Location of use Cambridge (?), England
Dimensions  68mm x 28mm
Chain-lines gutter 28-25-29-28-28-28-28-28 foredge
Position between lines 5 and 6, inverted
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Farmleigh MS IV E 6, pp 467-8
Repository Farmleigh House, Dublin (collection under ownership of Marsh’s Library)