Pot, one-handled, ‘MI’ in bowl

Pot, one-handled, ‘MI’ in bowl

Pot, one-handled, ‘MI’ in bowl
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
Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown
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

 

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; quatrefoil in neck; letters P D / B in bowl

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; quatrefoil in neck; letters P D / B in bowl

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; quatrefoil in neck; letters P D / B in bowl
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
Hand (over cross or hilt?) small

Hand (over cross or hilt?) small

Hand (over cross or hilt?) small
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
Position  
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
Pot, one-handled

Pot, one-handled

Pot, one-handled
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
The Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayer
Watermark Hand with five-petal flower, on stem, above. ‘B3A’ over fleur de lis in lower half of hand.
Date 1551
Location of use Dublin, Ireland
Dimensions 85 x 35 mm
Chain-lines 11]-28-27-27-28-28-27-27-[4
Position between lines 5 and 6
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source The Book of Common Prayer printed by Humphrey Powell in Dublin, 1551, the earliest book known to have been printed in Ireland. Un-numbered blank before f. viii. This is the only watermark in the book, and is found on many leaves. This watermark is identical to that in Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma and in the Privy Council Book 1556–71
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin (shelf-mark 23 M 57)