Revealing watermarks :: how to enhance the security of hand-made paper items and reveal hidden data /

"Watermarks reflect the very stuff of the origin, date, distribution, composition, history, and culture of paper-based items. Digital imaging of watermarks releases the research potential as widely as the internet itself. One example is the digital "fingerprinting" of paper in order t...

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Main Author: Christie-Miller, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2021.
Series:mrj / YBP CIP upgrade
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"Watermarks reflect the very stuff of the origin, date, distribution, composition, history, and culture of paper-based items. Digital imaging of watermarks releases the research potential as widely as the internet itself. One example is the digital "fingerprinting" of paper in order to enhance the security of items, such as valuable and vulnerable maps. Revealing Watermarks, by means of the case study of one sixteenth century watermark-a crown from the arms of Danzig-illustrates how cultural influences spread and have endured across the centuries, in this case from Sweden to Russia"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (81 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1644696266
9781644696255
1644696258
9781644696262

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