Main entry:

International Conference on the History, Function, and Study of Watermarks (1996 : Roanoke, Va.)

Title & Author:

Puzzles in paper : concepts in historical watermarks : essays from the International Conference on the History, Function, and Study of Watermarks, Roanoke, Virginia / edited by Daniel W. Mosser, Michael Saffle & Ernest W. Sullivan, II.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 2000.

Description:

xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and index.
Concepts of paper study / Paul Needham -- Spanish and Italian watermarks in colonial Guatemalan books / Celia A. Fryer -- Watermarks in Rembrandt's prints: the use of watermarks to study the prints of an artist / Nancy Ash ; Shelley Fletcher -- Watermark evidence and the hidden editions of Thomas East / Jeremy L. Smith -- Watermarks as evidence for dating and authenticity in John Donne and Ben Franklin / Laetitia Yeandle -- Use of watermarks in musicology / Ulrich Konrad -- Watermarks and rastra in Neapolitan music manuscripts, 1700-1815 / Stephen Shearon -- Music paper at the Dresden court and the chronology of Telemann's instrumental music / Steven Zohn -- Phosphorescence Watermark imaging / Carol Ann Small -- DYLUX, Thomas L. Gravell, and watermarks of stamps and papers / Rolf Dessauer -- La Marca d'Acqua: a system for the digital recording of watermarks / Daniela Moschini ; translated by Conor Fahy -- Watermarks and other physical evidence from the Portland literary manuscripts / Ruby Reid Thompson -- An automated World Wide Web search tool for papers and watermarks: the archive of papers and watermarks in Greek manuscripts / Robert W. Allison -- The Thomas L. Gravell Watermark Archive on the Internet / Daniel W. Mosser ; Ernest W. Sullivan, II -- Towards a taxonomy of watermarks / Ted-Larry Pebworth.

Summary:

Puzzles in Paper examines the past, present, and future of watermark study, ranging through the disciplines of art history, and conservation, bibliography, musicology, and philately. This book is a collection of scholarly essays that were presented at the Roanoke International Conference on Watermarks. The authors and attendees represent a remarkable assemblage of scientific and humanistic expertise: Chemists, engineers, experts in digital photography, book dealers and collectors, librarians, literary scholars, cartographers, and historians. Over 100 watermark illustrations. -- Amazon.com.

Resources:
Table of contents
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ISBN:

1584560290 (USA ; acid-free paper)
9781584560296 (USA ; acid-free paper)
(UK)
0712347037
0712347038
9780712347037

Subject:

Watermarks Congresses.
Filigranes (Papeterie) Congrès.
Watermarks.
Watermerken.
Wasserzeichen Kongress Roanoke <Va.,>

Form/genre:

Conference proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Mosser, Daniel Wayne.
Saffle, Michael, 1946-
Sullivan, Ernest W.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213464
Call No.: Z237 .I5 2000
Status: Available