| Watermark | shield with unicorn (?) and lion rampant; countermark ‘M CAROY’ |
| Date | 1731 |
| Location of use | Irishtown, Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 90 mm x 75 mm [countermark 12 x 77 mm] |
| Chain-lines | sheet size: 310 x 400 mm; 16 lines spaced 25 mm |
| Position | between lines 11 and 14 [countermark between 2 and 5] |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting |
| Source | Burgesses (1701–1730) of St Canice’s Borough, Kilkenny |
| Repository | Representative Church Body Library, Dublin: D11.1.1 |
| Watermark | cross on orb over crown supported by two lions rampant flanking a shield with three saltires; with countermark: crown over ‘GAS’. |
| Date | 17th cent: c. 1668 ? |
| Location of use | Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 9 mm x 9 mm |
| Chain-lines | sheet size 310 x 460 mm; 16 lines spaced at 25 mm, except for terminal lines spaced at 10 mm |
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| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | 17th-century preliminary pages (not binder’s leaves) bound in before Red Book of Ossory (sheepskin, 14th cent.) |
| Repository | Representative Church Body Library, Dublin |
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| Watermark | one-handled jug on two legs; quatrefoil on top over trefoil lid; F B / R in bowl |
| Date | 1604-1621 |
| Location of use | Limerick |
| Dimensions | 60 mm x 25 mm (max.) |
| Chain-lines | gutter -20-20-23-23-20-23-20- foredge |
| Position | between lines 4 and 5, |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Black Book of Limerick, pp 147/148 |
| Repository | Limerick Diocesan Archives |
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| 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 |