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Would you know if there is a common size for the watermarks in/of the laid paper used during <BR>
our period?<BR>
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ty<BR>
Greit<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2></FONT></EM> </DIV><BR><BR>> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:38:27 -0500<BR>> From: gray@cs.umass.edu<BR>> To: ekstationers@lists.gallowglass.org<BR>> Subject: RE: [EKStationers] Using Crane's paper<BR>> <BR>> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, mandy poirier wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > Hi, sadly I can't say right off which books would have used<BR>> > that particular paper, but there are many drawings from our<BR>> > late period floating around that all seem to be done on laid<BR>> > paper and many modern book crafters preferr laid paper...<BR>> > so I'd be curious to learn more myself :)<BR>> <BR>> Well, it's kind of simple -- books made in period that used paper<BR>> used laid paper, of two main types: Laid on screens, or laid on<BR>> linen. The Crane paper that we used had visible lines on the<BR>> surface as if it were laid on screens in the making, as well as<BR>> the imprint of the Crane crest. I like it because of that, and<BR>> also because it provides lines for nice neat writing. ;-)<BR>> <BR>> But it costs $34.00 plus shipping per ream (500 sheets), so it's<BR>> not cheap (to put it in perspective -- the paper I use in the<BR>> printer (20#) costs between $3.00 and $6.00 per ream, depending<BR>> on the type I'm using).<BR>> <BR>> Lyle<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Lyle H. Gray<BR>> gray@cs.umass.edu -- text only, please<BR>> http://members.verizon.net/~vze3wwx7<BR>> --<BR>> Shared knowledge is preserved knowledge.<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Ekstationers mailing list<BR>> Ekstationers@lists.gallowglass.org<BR>> http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/ekstationers<BR><br /><hr />Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! <a href='http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us' target='_new'>Try it!</a></body>
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