RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Paper Terms

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: Paper features (Gathering term; do not assign)

:     SN: Gathering term, do not use; index under a narrower term.

Watermarks

. Batonne

.     SN: Use for a watermark of widely spaced parallel lines.

. Cameo

. Chainlines

.. Turned chainlines

. Cipher

. Cornermarks

. Countermarks

. Edge watermarks

. Intaglio

. Localized watermarks

. Sewing marks

.     SN: Use for small marks visible where watermarks are sewn to
. the mould.

. Shadowmarks

.     SN: Use for a kind of multi-leveled watermark revealing a
. picture in the paper shaded from light to dark, depending
. on the varying thicknesses of the sheet within the picture.

. Staggered marks

. Three-plane watermarks

.     SN: Use for watermarks
. "showing three thicknesses in the same sheet of paper";
. Labarre, 304.

. Tranchefile

.     SN: Use for what appears to be an added chainline at the edge
. of the sheet.

. Wire lines

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