Crown on grapes


Watermark	Crown on grapes
Date	1616
Location of use	Lobháin [Louvain/Leuven], Spanish Netherlands [Belgium]
Dimensions	50 mm x 45 mm (composite)
Chain-lines	8-2]-22-21-20-20-[10-3
Position	Top margin, inverted, between lines 2 and 3; divided across leaves
Process	Canon EOS, backlighting, composite image processed with Photoshop
Source	F[lorence] C[onry], Leabhar ina bhfuil modh iarrata agus fhaghala fhorbheachda na beathadh riaghaltha . . . Desiderius (Lobháin 1616) pp 113-14 (crown), and pp 91-2 (grapes)
Repository	Private collection

Pot, one-handled; ‘B (or R?) / P O’ in bowl; elaborate cap with trefoils, topped with star on quatrefoil


Watermark	Pot, one-handled; ‘B (or R?) / P O’ in bowl; elaborate cap with trefoils, topped with star on quatrefoil
Date	Early 17^th century
Location of use	Ireland
Dimensions	110 mm x 38 mm (base)
Chain-lines	8]-23-24-25-23-22-23-23-[5; horizontal
Position	between lines 3 and 5, across gutter
Process	Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source	RIA MS 23 D 14 (1) pp 120-21 (central bifolium).
Repository	Royal Irish Academy, Dublin


Watermark	Gloved hand with flower (five petals on stem) above
Date	16^th century
Location of use	Co. Mayo?
Dimensions	c. 72 mm x 20 mm [hand and flower 42 mm high, glove 30 mm]
Chain-lines	gutter 20]-25-25-[11 fore-edge
Position	Hand and flower p. 98, lower margin, between gutter and line 1; glove p. 58 upper margin between gutter and line 1
Process	Canon EOS, backlighting; composite image created through Photoshop
Source	Royal Irish Academy MS 23 A 4 (469), pp. 58 and 98; a medical manuscript written by Aodh Ó Ceannamháin; cf. British Library MS Add. 15582 (thanks to Dr Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha)
Repository	Royal Irish Academy, Dublin