The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 388
which camefrom these manufactories bore generally, in the paper itself, different marks(Fig. 284) called water-marks, such as a bulls head, a cross, a serpent,a star, a crown, c^c, according to the quality or destination of the paper.Many other countries in Europe had also flourishing… … Fig. 285.—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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