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| Watermark: | star (?) on circle with interior trefoil on crown
55mm x 15 mm (max.) 95mm from upper edge, 90mm from lower edge between chain-lines 3 and 4 |
| Process: | backlighting and Photoshop |
| Source: | Tiomna Nuadh ar dTighearna (Dublin 1602) f. 123 (inverted) |
| Repository: | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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| Watermark: | Fleur de Lis on base
34mm x 19mm (max.) between chain-lines 3 and 4 |
| Process: | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source: | Tiomna Nuadh ar dTighearna (Dublin 1602) f. 166 |
| Repository: | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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| Watermark: | Trefoil on Circle on Heart; letter F to left, letter L to right
Letter F: 25mm x 8 mm; centre-piece: 55 x 15; Letter L 23 x 5 117mm from upper edge, 95mm from lower edge between chain-lines 2 and 3 |
| Process: | backlighting and Photoshop |
| Source: | Tiomna Nuadh ar dTighearna (Dublin 1602) f. 61 (inverted) |
| Repository: | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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| Watermark: | Star on Circle, with internal L, on heart
56mm x 20 mm (max.) between chain-lines 3 and 4 |
| Process: | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source: | Tiomna Nuadh ar dTighearna (Dublin 1602) f. 214 |
| Repository: | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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| Watermark | Pot, one-handled, ‘MI’ in bowl |
| Date | 1540s cf. Briquet 12767 |
| Location of use | Ireland |
| Dimensions | 59 mm x 17 mm |
| Chain-lines | 12]-23-22-22-23-22-22-22-[6; horizontal |
| Position | between lines 5 and 6, inner margin |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | RIA MS 24 P 8 (752) pp 139-40; this manuscript contains an important collection of bardic tracts. This is one of three different pot watermarks in the book. |
| Repository | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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| Watermark | Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown |
| Date | 1540 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland. |
| Dimensions | 56 mm x 20 mm |
| Chain-lines | 25]-30-27-27-27-27-30-30-30-27 |
| Position | Centered on line 5 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Dublin City Treasury Records, 1540-1613: MR/35, f. 80. Contains a single watermark all the way through, though hand progresses from secretary to modern cursive |
| Repository | Dublin City Archives |
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| Watermark: | Crown on letter M on ? plinth |
| Measurements: | 40mm x 20mm (approx.)
between chain-lines 2 and 3 |
| Process: | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source: | Tiomna Nuadh ar dTighearna (Dublin 1602) f. 119 |
| Repository: | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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| Designation | 3 C 19 T1 |
| Watermark | Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; quatrefoil in neck; letters P D / B in bowl |
| Date | 1590 |
| Location of use | Grantstown [Baile in Ghronta] and Culohill [an Chúlchoill], Co. Laois, and in other locations in Kildare and Kilkenny, Ireland. |
| Dimensions | 65 mm x 25 mm |
| Chain-lines | 21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21 |
| Position | between lines 4 and 5 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting |
| Source | Royal Irish Academy MS 3 C 19 (439), f. 239 (inverted); a medical manuscript written by Risteard (mac Muircheartaigh) Ó Conchubhair |
| Repository | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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| Designation | 24 P 15 T3 |
| Watermark | Hand (over cross or hilt?) small |
| Date | 1478 |
| Location of use | Rossbrin [Ros Broin], Co Cork, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 44 mm x 24 mm |
| Chain-lines | 25]-36-36-39-36-[28 |
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| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Royal Irish Academy MS 24 P 15 (444), pp. 51-2; composite medical manuscript containing 15th- and 16th- century sections; scribe of this section Cairbre Ó Ceannamháin |
| Repository | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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| Watermark | Pot, one-handled |
| Date | 1540s (contemporary with other dateable mark in MS) |
| Location of use | Ireland |
| Dimensions | 47 mm x 23 mm |
| Chain-lines | 12]-23-23-22-22-22-22-22-[6; horizontal |
| Position | between lines 5 and 6, inner margin, across conjugate leaves |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | RIA MS 24 P 8 (752) pp 17-18 (top), 5-6 (bottom); middle part of watermark uncapturable. This manuscript contains an important collection of bardic tracts. This is one of three different pot watermarks in the book. |
| Repository | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |