The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 489
came from these manufactories bore generally, in the paperitself, different marks (Fig. 333) called water-marks, such as a bulls head,a cross, a serpent, a star, a crown, &c, according to the quality or desti-nation of the paper. Many other countries in Europe had also… … Fig- 334-—Banner of the Paper-Makers of Paris. MANUSCRIPTS. Manuscripts in Olden Times.—Their Form.—Materials of which they were composed.—TheirDestruction by the Goths.—Rare at the Beginning of the Middle Ages.—The CatholicChurch preserved and multiplied them.—Copyists.—Transcription of…
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