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I am unaware of any list of chain line measurements from that work, but
perhaps someone else has that information. From Bland's _A Guide to
Early Printed Books and Manuscripts_:
...it is important to distinguish between marks that derive from
different states of the same try, and those that derive from
different trays. This is where the measurement of chainlines proves
to be crucial, for marks that derive from different states of the
same try will always have exactly the same distance between their
chainlines, even though there has been a shift in part of the image,
whereas marks that derive from different trays will have different
distances between the chainlines.
There is added discussion concerning the complexity of watermark image
analysis in his chapter "Paper and Related Materials."
Joel Kovarsky
On 12/23/2011 9:58 AM, Rainer J. Goetzfried wrote:
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Dear Maphisters,
just purchased David Woodward's 'Catalogue of Watermarks in Printed
Italian Maps 1540-1600', 1996, to get more details while cataloguing
some maps.
Since the mark itself changes it shape very much during the usage of
the paper mould, it would be very useful to have the distance between
the chain lines, which should be almost constant over the usage time.
Especially, if only a part of the watermark is present on a sheet.
Unfortunately, Woodward does not mention this distances.
Does anybody knows if there is a list for chain line distances,
matching with Woodward's catalogue?
Thanks,
Rainer
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