Glove and flower watermark
Watermark from In hoc opere contenta arithmetica decem libris demonstrata (1514)
Glove & flower watermark found in In hoc opere contenta arithmetica decem libris demonstrata (1514)
In western papermaking, watermarks are makers’ designs incorporated into the paper sheet during manufacture by the sewing of thin metal wires to the paper mould. These two examples, from the flyleaf and title page of Bolton Library E.4.34 show a glove, or hand, holding a 6-petalled flower, and a single 8-pointed star.
Graffiti
Graffiti found inside Disticha de moribus (1679)
‘The eggal’s child’: graffiti found in The historie of that most famous saint and souldier of Christ Iesus; St. George of Cappadocia (1631)
Graffiti found in Q.1.12 of a horse
Not content with mere signatures and stamps, some past users of the Bolton Library have endeavoured to be a little more creative in the markings they’ve left behind. Meet the chapeaued drinker, the eggal’s child, and the horses of The faerie queen.
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