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| *Name* | *URL* | *Quantity* | *Owner* | *Technique* | *Format* | *Document* | *Period* | *Area* | *Pro* | *Issues* | *Contact* | *Update* |
| name of the collection and acronym | Internet access of the collection or information about it | number of individual papers reproduced | owner of the collection of reproductions | reproduction technique (tracing, rubbing, backlight, radiography, surface laser scan...) | present form of reproductions (films, printed, digitized files off-line, on-line resource) | type of documents containing the reproduced papers (manuscripts, books, archival documents, art papers...) | time period in which the documents where produced | geographical area of origin of the documents | importance of the collection | aspects that the collection has to address | person and contact details of person responsible for the collection | latest date for this description |
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NAME: Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries (WILC) %BR%
URL: http://watermark.kb.nl %BR%
QUANTITY: 16.000 records %BR%
OWNER: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands %BR%
TECHNIQUE: electron-radiography, rubbing %BR%
FORMAT: Internet resource %BR%
DOCUMENT: incunabula %BR%
PERIOD: 15th c. %BR%
AREA: Low Countries %BR%
PRO: almost complete collection of watermarks used in 15th century Low Countries books %BR%
ISSUES: %BR%
CONTACT: MariekeVanDelft (Marieke.vanDelft@kb.nl) %BR%
UPDATE: 2007.09.01 %BR%
NAME: Watermarks of the Middle Ages (WZMA) %BR%
URL: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ksbm/wz/wzma2.htm %BR%
QUANTITY: 8.000 records %BR%
OWNER: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria %BR%
TECHNIQUE: beta-radiography %BR%
FORMAT: Internet resource %BR%
DOCUMENT: manuscript books (more than 600 manuscripts from 16 Austrian collections) %BR%
PERIOD: 1330 - early 16th c. %BR%
AREA: Austria %BR%
PRO: %BR%
ISSUES: %BR%
CONTACT: AloisHaidinger (alois.haidinger@oeaw.ac.at) %BR%
UPDATE: 2007.09.01 %BR%
| International database of watermarks and paper used for prints and drawings c. 1450-1800 | http://www.iuoart.org/wmdb.htm | online: 18 images made with backlight method and 287 watermark-records; off-line: 1.500 soft-x-ray films (presently at the scanning procedure) watermarks printed in books and articles. | Netherlands Interuniversity Art Historical Institute, Florence, Italy | soft-x-ray, backlight | Internet resource | prints, drawings, letters | c. 1450-1800 | | | | GeorgDietz (iuo@iuo.iris.firenze.it)| 2007.09.01 |
| Le filigrane degli archivi genovesi | http://linux.lettere.unige.it/briquet/ | a few hundred | Laboratory of quantitative history, Chair of bibliography and bibliotheconomy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy | tracing | Internet resource | | | | | | | 2007.09.01 |
| Manuscript heritage, Iranian manuscript series | http://web.mit.edu/atanasiu/www/KABIKADJ/INDEX.HTM | a dozen on-line, c. 300 off-line | Abtahi collection & French institute of Research in Iran, Teheran, Iran | backlight | digitized, partially on-line | manuscripted books, archive documents | 17th-19th c. | Iran | the only on-line collection of Persian papers and European export papers | not all documents are on-line | VladAtanasiu (atanasiu@mit.edu) | 2007.09.01 |
| International Paper Registry | http://abacus.bates.edu/Faculty/wmarchive/ | currently papers from 2 codices, and from multiple copies of the 1640 Grete Herbal in various collections in the UK and the United States | The Watermark Initiative, Bates College, Lewiston (Maine), USA | Dupont Dylux® proofing paper (Thomas Gravell's method) | images completed; data entry of descriptions in progress | manuscripts | 1640 | European paper | (1) our prototype projects (pilot projects) have been chosen because of the inherent scholarly value of the objects being described or to demonstrate the utility of the project; (2) inexpensive implementation for participating institutions; (3) the schema contains all of the fields in the IPH standard for paper and watermark description. (The field values are in words, however, rather than numeric codes. Our future plans call for storing codes in the database but interacting with the user in the language of choice); (4) the system is based on relational database technology, which was a conscious choice; SGML and XML are inherently hierarchical; the relationships among the various parts of the description of paper bearing objects are not hierarchical in nature. | This project is designed to grow over time, as a publication system; it will not immediately be useful for commercial or forensic use for authentication purposes, but will be immediately useful for documentation of ownership and for the areas of scholarship represented by the pilot projects, and for partnering projects that adopt our model. | BobAllison (rallison@bates.edu) | 2007.09.01 |
| Watermarks in Incunabula printed in Spain (WIES) | http://www.ksbm.oeaw.ac.at/wies/ | 8.400 rubbings, of these 2.800 digitized | Gerard van Thienen, The Hague, Netherlands | rubbings | 2800 digital image files, 5200 paper hardcopies | copies of 840 editions (from the total of 1000 printed) in almost 100 libraries, mainly in Spain but also in France, Germany, Austria, Russia and USA. | 1470-1510 | Spain | This is the first extensive research of watermarks in Spanish incunables, which are printed moreover on Italian (Piemonte) produced paper. | Dating the 500 undated Spanish incunable editions and supplying the material for dating Spanish manuscripts and incunables and manuscripts produced in northwest Italy. | GerardVanThienen,curator of incunabula, Royal Library, The Hague, retired August 2004, researcher and editor of WILC (Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries) (gvth@xs4all.nl) | 2007.09.01 |
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| *Name* | *Address* | *Quantity* | *Owner* | *Technique* | *Format* | *Document* | *Period* | *Area* | *Pro* | *Issues* | *Contact* | *Update* |
| name of the collection and acronym | Internet access of the collection or information about it | number of individual papers reproduced | owner of the collection of reproductions | reproduction technique (tracing, rubbing, backlight, radiography, surface laser scan...) | present form of reproductions (films, printed, digitized files off-line, on-line resource) | type of documents containing the reproduced papers (manuscripts, books, archival documents, art papers...) | time period in which the documents where produced | geographical area of origin of the documents | importance of the collection | aspects that the collection has to address | person and contact details of person responsible for the collection | latest date for this description |
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| The National Library of Germany, Cultural and Paper Historical Collections (Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Kultur- und Paperhistorische Sammlungen) | Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig / Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum, Deutscher Platz 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, http://ww.ddb.de | 350,000+ items %BR% HOLDINGS: This collections houses an astounding 350,000+ items documenting handmade paper from the 15th to the 19th century in two sections: by watermark and by location of paper production, papermills, and papermakers; both sections include traces or copies of all watermarks. It also includes 20th-century handmade papers from Europe, Asia, and America; Japanese handmade papers (raw and processed); European decorated papers (this section alone includes 20,000 items); and numerous sample books, publications on papermaking history, and papermaking tools. Systematic access to papers of different origins is its primary strength. HIGHLIGHTS: The institution houses watermarks of more than 500 different European papermills, an important collection of 134 samples of washi presented by Japan to the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873, and its extensive and fully indexed library holdings. PHYSICAL ACCESS: Staff-assisted viewing by appointment during hours of operation: Mon-Fri, 8 am to 4 pm. Information about watermarks can be obtained by letter or email inquiry. CATALOG: Collection is cataloged and information is available in the office, via different databases and card indexes. The literature is documented in printed form: Internationale Bibliographie zur Papiergeschichte (IBP), 4 volumes (Munich, 2003). Library has plans to provide online access to collection catalog in the future. It is currently taking part of an international effort to develop international English-language thesaurus for decorative and decorated papers. | Briquet Archive | University Library, Geneva, Switzerland | 44.000 records | | tracing | digital images | | | | Both printed (16.112) and archive watermarks (c. 27.000) of Briquet's collection (c. 44.000) are scanned. The archive watermarks are to be integrated in the Thomas Gravell Database by Prof. Mosser, Virginia Tech, USA (250 are on-line at the time of the research). | | Prof. Mosser (dmosser@vt.edu), EzioOrnato, AloisHaidinger | 2007.09.01 |
| The National Library of Germany | | | | | | | | Dr. FriederSchmidt, tel 49-341-22-71-315, schmidtf@dbl.ddb.de; AndreaLothe, tel 49-341-22-71-225, lothe@dbl.ddb.de; fax 49-341-22-71-240 | 2007.09.01 |
| [Papers used by Rembrandt] | | circa 300 paper sheets | British Musuem and the Library of the Congress | radiography, not digitized, not on-line | films | drawing sheets | 17th c. | Low Countries | Important artist | not on-line | Jean E. Brown (jean.brown@northumbria.ac.uk), GeorgDietz (iuo@iuo.iris.firenze.it) | 2007.09.01 |
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LIST OF KNOWN PAPER STRUCTURE REPRODUCTIONS DATABASES
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by Vlad Atanasiu / 2005
DESCRIPTION FORMULARY
NAME: name of the collection and acronym
URL: Internet access of the collection or information about it
QUANTITY: number of individual papers reproduced
OWNER: owner of the collection of reproductions
TECHNIQUE: reproduction technique (rubbing, tracing, backlight, radiography, surface laser scan...)
FORMAT: present form of reproductions (films, printed, digitized files off-line, on-line resource)
DOCUMENT: type of documents containing the reproduced papers (manuscripts,
books, archival documents, art papers...)
PERIOD: time period in which the documents where produced
AREA: geographical area of origin of the documents
PRO: importance of the collection
ISSUES: aspects that the collection has to address
CONTACT: person and contact details of person responsible for the collection
NAME:
URL:
QUANTITY:
OWNER:
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT:
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD:
AREA:
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT:
NAME: %BR%
URL: %BR%
QUANTITY: %BR%
OWNER: %BR%
TECHNIQUE: %BR%
FORMAT: %BR%
DOCUMENT: %BR%
PERIOD: %BR%
AREA: %BR%
PRO: %BR%
ISSUES: %BR%
CONTACT: %BR%
UPDATE: 2007.09.01 %BR%
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ON-LINE
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NAME: Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries (WILC)
URL: http://watermark.kb.nl/
QUANTITY: 16.000 records
OWNER: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands
TECHNIQUE: electron-radiography, rubbing
FORMAT: Internet resource
DOCUMENT: incunabula
PERIOD: XVth c.
AREA: Low Countries
PRO: almost complete collection of watermarks used in 15th century Low Countries books
ISSUES: -
CONTACT: Marieke van Delft (Marieke.vanDelft@kb.nl)
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NAME: "Piccard" Watermark Collection (Piccard-Online)
URL: http://www.piccard-online.de
QUANTITY: circa 95.000 watermarks
OWNER: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
TECHNIQUE: tracing
FORMAT: On-line resource
DOCUMENT: manuscripts
PERIOD: XIIIth – XIXth c.
AREA: South-West Germany and European neighbouring countries
PRO: the world's largest collection, already on-line
ISSUES: -
CONTACT: Peter Rückert (peter.rueckert@la-bw.de)
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NAME: Watermarks of the Middle Ages (WZMA)
URL: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ksbm/wz/wzma2.htm
QUANTITY: 8.000 records
OWNER: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
TECHNIQUE: beta-radiography
FORMAT: Internet resource
DOCUMENT: manuscript books (more than 600 manuscripts from
16 Austrian collections)
PERIOD: 1330 - early 16th c.
AREA: Austria
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: Alois Haidinger (alois.haidinger@oeaw.ac.at)
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NAME: International database of watermarks and paper used for prints and drawings c. 1450-1800
URL: http://www.iuoart.org/wmdb.htm
QUANTITY: online: 18 images made with backlight method and 287 watermark-records;
off-line: 1.500 soft-x-ray films (presently at the scanning procedure) watermarks printed in books and articles. The database is developed by Jürgen Sturm (2004) and Robert Richter (2005 )
OWNER: Netherlands Interuniversity Art Historical Institute, Florence, Italy
TECHNIQUE: soft-x-ray, backlight
FORMAT: Internet resource
DOCUMENT: prints, drawings, letters
PERIOD: c. 1450-1800
AREA:
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: Georg Dietz (iuo@iuo.iris.firenze.it)
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NAME: Le filigrane degli archivi genovesi
URL: http://linux.lettere.unige.it/briquet/
QUANTITY:
OWNER: Laboratory of quantitative history, Chair of bibliography and bibliotheconomy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
TECHNIQUE: tracing
FORMAT: Internet resource
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD:
AREA:
AREA:
ISSUES:
CONTACT:
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NAME: Manuscript heritage, Iranian manuscript series
URL: http://web.mit.edu/atanasiu/www/KABIKADJ/INDEX.HTM
QUANTITY: c. 300
OWNER: Abtahi collection & French institute of Research in Iran, Teheran, Iran
TECHNIQUE: backlight
FORMAT: digitized, partially on-line
DOCUMENT: manuscripted books, archive documents
PERIOD: 17th-19th c.
AREA: Iran
PRO: only on-line collection of Persian papers and European export papers
ISSUES: not all documents are on-line
CONTACT: Vlad Atanasiu (atanasiu@mit.edu)
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NAME: International Paper Registry
URL: http://abacus.bates.edu/Faculty/wmarchive/
QUANTITY: currently papers from 2 codices, and from multiple copies of the
1640 Grete Herbal in various collections in the UK and the United States
OWNER: The Watermark Initiative, Bates College, Lewiston (Maine), USA
TECHNIQUE: Dupont Dylux® proofing paper (Thomas Gravell's method)
FORMAT: images completed; data entry of descriptions in progress
DOCUMENT: manuscripts
PERIOD: 1640
AREA: European paper
PRO: (1) our prototype projects (pilot projects) have been chosen because of the inherent
scholarly value of the objects being described or to demonstrate the utility of the
project; (2) inexpensive implementation for participating institutions; (3) the schema
contains all of the fields in the IPH standard for paper and watermark description. (The
field values are in words, however, rather than numeric codes. Our future plans call for
storing codes in the database but interacting with the user in the language of choice);
(4) the system is based on relational database technology, which was a conscious choice;
SGML and XML are inherently hierarchical; the relationships among the various parts of
the description of paper bearing objects are not hierarchical in nature.
ISSUES: This project is designed to grow over time, as a publication system; it will not
immediately be useful for commercial or forensic use for authentication purposes, but
will be immediately useful for documentation of ownership and for the areas of
scholarship represented by the pilot projects, and for partnering projects that adopt our
model.
CONTACT: Robert W. Allison (rallison@bates.edu)
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OFF-LINE
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NAME: Watermarks in Incunabula printed in Spain (WIES)
URL: [currently not-online]
QUANTITY: 8.400 rubbings, of these 2.800 digitized
OWNER: Gerard van Thienen, The Hague, Netherlands
owner: GvT
TECHNIQUE: rubbings
FORMAT: 2800 digital image files, 5200 paper hardcopies
DOCUMENT: copies of 840 editions (from the total of 1000 printed) in almost 100
libraries, mainly in Spain but also in France, Germany, Austria, Russia and USA.
PERIOD: 1470-1510
AREA: Spain
AREA: This is the first extensive research of watermarks in Spanish incunables,
which are printed moreover on Italian (Piemonte) produced paper.
ISSUES: dating the 500 undated Spanish incunable editions and supplying the
material for dating Spanish manuscripts and incunables and manuscripts
produced in northwest Italy.
CONTACT: Gerard van Thienen,curator of incunabula, Royal Library, The
Hague, retired August 2004, researcher and editor of WILC (Watermarks in
Incunabula printed in the Low Countries) (gvth@xs4all.nl)
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NAME: The National Library of Germany, Cultural and Paper Historical Collections (Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Kultur- und Paperhistorische Sammlungen)
ADDRESS: Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig / Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum, Deutscher Platz 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
URL: [http://ww.ddb.de, institution's website, since paper collection not on-line]
QUANTITY:
HOLDINGS: This collections houses an astounding 350,000+ items documenting handmade paper from the 15th to the 19th century in two sections: by watermark and by location of paper production, papermills, and papermakers; both sections include traces or copies of all watermarks. It also includes 20th-century handmade papers from Europe, Asia, and America; Japanese handmade papers (raw and processed); European decorated papers (this section alone includes 20,000 items); and numerous sample books, publications on papermaking history, and papermaking tools. Systematic access to papers of different origins is its primary strength.
HIGHLIGHTS: The institution houses watermarks of more than 500 different European papermills, an important collection of 134 samples of washi presented by Japan to the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873, and its extensive and fully indexed library holdings.
PHYSICAL ACCESS: Staff-assisted viewing by appointment during hours of operation: Mon-Fri, 8 am to 4 pm. Information about watermarks can be obtained by letter or email inquiry.
CATALOG: Collection is cataloged and information is available in the office, via different databases and card indexes. The literature is documented in printed form: Internationale Bibliographie zur Papiergeschichte (IBP), 4 volumes (Munich, 2003). Library has plans to provide online access to collection catalog in the future. It is currently taking part of an international effort to develop international English-language thesaurus for decorative and decorated papers.
OWNER:
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT:
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD:
AREA:
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: Dr. Frieder Schmidt (TITLE), tel 49-341-22-71-315, schmidtf@dbl.ddb.de; Andrea Lothe (TITLE), tel 49-341-22-71-225, lothe@dbl.ddb.de; fax 49-341-22-71-240.
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NAME: [Papers used by Rembrandt]
URL:
QUANTITY: circa 300 paper sheets
OWNER: British Musuem and the Library of the Congress
TECHNIQUE: radiography, not digitized, not on-line
FORMAT: films
DOCUMENT: drawing sheets
PERIOD: XVIIth c.
AREA: Low Countries
PRO: Important artist
ISSUES: not on-line
CONTACT: Jean E. Brown (jean.brown@northumbria.ac.uk), Georg Dietz (iuo@iuo.iris.firenze.it)
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NAME: [Austrian collections]
URL:
QUANTITY: c. 400
OWNER: Akademie der Künste, Vienna
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT:
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD:
AREA:
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: Prof. Schreiner, Austria
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NAME: [Collection of IPCL]
URL: [http://www.patologialibro.beniculturali.it]
QUANTITY:
OWNER: Instituto di patologia del libro, Rome, Italy
TECHNIQUE: radiography
FORMAT: digitized, not on-line
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD:
AREA:
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: icplform@tin.it
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NAME:
URL:
QUANTITY:
OWNER: State Museum, Moscow
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT: digitized
DOCUMENT: manuscripts, printed books
PERIOD:
AREA: Russia
PRO: would be the first Russian paper collections to go on-line
ISSUES:
CONTACT:
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NAME:
URL:
QUANTITY:
OWNER: Russian Academy, St. Petersburg
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT: digitized, not-on-line
DOCUMENT: manuscripts, printed books
PERIOD:
AREA: Russia
PRO: would be the first Russian paper collections to go on-line
ISSUES:
CONTACT:
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NAME: Watermarks of Manuscript Department
URL: -
QUANTITY: c. 500
OWNER: National Library of Russia, Moscow
TECHNIQUE: IR-copy (digital TV)
FORMAT: digitized, not-on-line
DOCUMENT: manuscripts and documents
PERIOD: 15th-16th c.
AREA: Russia, Poland
PRO: medieval Russian copyists, Poland aristocrats
ISSUES:
CONTACT: Denis Tsypkin
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NAME: Gerardy collection
URL:
QUANTITY: c. 10.000 watermarks from the 14th-16th (7500) and 17th-19th century (ca. 2000)
OWNER:
TECHNIQUE: photographs, rubbings, drawings
FORMAT: on paper, not digitized
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD: 14th-19thc.
AREA:
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: KB
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NAME: [Hebrew incunabula]
URL:
QUANTITY: c. 300
OWNER: Silke Schaeper, Oxford, United Kingdom
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT: digitized, not-on-line
DOCUMENT: printed books
PERIOD: 15th c.
AREA:
PRO: Complete digitized collection of Hebrew incunabula papers
ISSUES: not on-line
CONTACT: Silke Schaeper (silke.schaeper@sjc.ox.ac.uk)
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Briquet / LAMOP / Paris
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Reijksmusuem / Amsterdam > are partly in NIKI
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Louvre / Paris
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Basel / Filigrana database / Collection Dr. Wurm
Architectural drawings of the Renaissnace / c. 5000
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German Institute in Rome / Architectural drawings
http://www.biblhertz.it/deutsch/forschung/lineamentaDeutsch.htm
Dr. Martin Raspe (raspe@uni-trier.de)
Dr. des. Georg Schelbert (schelbert@biblhertz.it)
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NAME: 'Abd al-Rahman al-Hadhrami Collection
URL: -
QUANTITY: 132 watermarks from 54 mss
OWNER: "Projet de sauvegarde des manuscrits des bibliothèques privées de Zabid (Yémen)"; Projet du Centre Français d'Archéologie et de Sciences sociales de Sanaa (CEFAS); responsable scientifique: Anne Regourd
TECHNIQUE: tracing
FORMAT: papier calque ; projet de publication à l'étude
DOCUMENT: manuscripts
PERIOD: end 17th c. - mid 20th c.
AREA: Zabid, Yemen
PRO: -
ISSUES: -
CONTACT: 'Arafat al-Hadhrami, Zabid, Anne Regourd (A.Regourd@leeds.ac.uk)
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NAME: TIEM Modern papers
URL:
QUANTITY:
OWNER: TIEM, Paris
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT:
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD:
AREA:
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: Claire Boustaret
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NAME: IPCL
URL:
QUANTITY:
OWNER: IPCL, Rome
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT:
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD:
AREA: Venice, other
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: Paola Munafo
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NAME: Zonghi collection
URL:
QUANTITY:
OWNER: Museo de la carta Fabriano, Private collection Fabriano, IPCL?
TECHNIQUE:
FORMAT:
DOCUMENT:
PERIOD:
AREA:
PRO:
ISSUES:
CONTACT: Pellegrini (MCF), Paola Munafo (IPCL)
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Name: International Paper Registry
URL:
Quantity: currently papers from 2 codices, and from multiple copies of the 1640 Grete
Herbal in various collections in the UK and the United States
Owner: The Watermark Initiative
Copyright: copyright held by the owners of the objects described
Status: images completed; data entry of descriptions in progress
Technique: any method used by the information provider
Source: original papers; reproductions of published paper descriptions and watermarks
Period: not limited
Area: Currently western papers; we intend to expand it for description of oriental paper
(I'm not sure this can be readily done; at least not in pictographic languages), Arabic
paper, Persian paper
Pro: (1) our prototype projects (pilot projects) have been chosen because of the inherent
scholarly value of the objects being described or to demonstrate the utility of the
project; (2) inexpensive implementation for participating institutions; (3) the schema
contains all of the fields in the IPH standard for paper and watermark description. (The
field values are in words, however, rather than numeric codes. Our future plans call for
storing codes in the database but interacting with the user in the language of choice);
(4) the system is based on relational database technology, which was a conscious choice;
SGML and XML are inherently hierarchical; the relationships among the various parts of
the description of paper bearing objects are not hierarchical in nature.
Con: This project is designed to grow over time, as a publication system; it will not
immediately be useful for commercial or forensic use for authentication purposes, but
will be immediately useful for documentation of ownership and for the areas of
scholarship represented by the pilot projects, and for partnering projects that adopt our
model.
Contact: Bob Allison / rallison@bates.edu
Description date: 24 October 2005
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Name: "Piccard" Watermark Collection (Piccard-Online)
URL:
Quantity: circa 95.000 watermarks
Owner: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
Copyright: copyright held by the owner
Status: reproduced
Technique: tracing
Source: manuscripts
Period: XIIIth – XIXth c.
Area: South-West Germany and European neighbouring countries
Pro: the world's largest collection, already on-line
Con: -
Contact:
Description date: 18 October 2005
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