Printed Books

Grapes over two-handled Pot, ‘R C (or G?)’ in bowl
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Grapes over two-handled Pot, ‘R C (or G?)’ in bowl

Watermark Grapes over two-handled Pot, ‘R C (or G?)’ in bowl
Date 1608
Location of use Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin], Ireland
Dimensions 53 mm x 16 mm
Chain-lines edge 5]-20-20-21-20-20-20-20-[15 gutter
Position between lines 5 and 6
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source [signature S]: Leabhar na nvrnaightheadh gcomhchoidchiond agvs mheinisdraldachda na Sacrameinteadh, maille le gnathaighthibh agus le hordaighthibh oile, do réir eagailse na Sagsan . . . a Mbaile athá Cliath, a dtigh Shéon Francke alias, Franckton, Prionntóir an Ríogh an Eirinn. 1608. Bound in folio. Pages not numbered.
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Grapes over two-handled Pot, ‘I B’ in bowl
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Grapes over two-handled Pot, ‘I B’ in bowl

Watermark Grapes over two-handled Pot, ‘I B’ in bowl
Date 1608
Location of use Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin], Ireland
Dimensions 55 mm x 18 mm
Chain-lines gutter 5]-20-22-20-19-21-21-20-22-[6
Position between lines 4 and 5
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source [2 of gathering vi (no signature)]: Leabhar na nvrnaightheadh gcomhchoidchiond agvs mheinisdraldachda na Sacrameinteadh, maille le gnathaighthibh agus le hordaighthibh oile, do réir eagailse na Sagsan . . . a Mbaile athá Cliath, a dtigh Shéon Francke alias, Franckton, Prionntóir an Ríogh an Eirinn. 1608. Bound in folio. Pages not numbered.
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Hand with five-petal flower, on stem, above
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Hand with five-petal flower, on stem, above

Watermark Hand with five-petal flower, on stem, above
Date 20 June 1571
Location of use Ireland
Dimensions 40 x 12 mm
Chain-lines 26]-28-28
Position Inverted between gutter and line 1, top inner margin; only some of watermark presents, as book is printed in quarto. Lower part of hand/glove visible elsewhere (e.g. pp 37–8), but not capturable. Single watermark throughout. This watermark is identical to that in Book of Common Prayer (1551) and in Privy Council Book 1556–71
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma (Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin] 1571) 39–40, the earliest book printed with Gaelic type
Repository Trinity College Dublin
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Flower (six petals) on stem, with leaves

 
Watermark Flower (six petals) on stem, with leaves
Date 1618
Location of use Lobháin [Louvain/Leuven], Spanish Netherlands [Belgium]
Dimensions  35 x 15 mm
Chain-lines 10]-23-23-24-23-23-[10 horizontal
Position Top outer margin, centered between lines 1 and 2
Process Canon EOS, backlighting, Photoshop
Source Aodh Mac Aingil, Scathan Shacramuinte na haithridhe (Lobháin1618) pp 519-20
Repository Private collection
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Crown

 
Watermark Crown
Date 1618
Location of use Lobháin [Louvain/Leuven], Spanish Netherlands [Belgium]
Dimensions  50 mm x 20 mm (top), 35 mm x 15 mm (base)
Chain-lines 10]-23-23-24-23-23-[10 horizontal
Position Top outer margin, centred between lines 1 and 2
Process Canon EOS, backlighting, composite image created through Photoshop
Source Aodh Mac Aingil, Scathan Shacramuinte na haithridhe (Lobháin1618) pp 77-8 (base), 436-7 (top of crown)
Repository Private collection

 

Crown on grapes
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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