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| Watermark | Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown |
| Date | 1540 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland. |
| Dimensions | 56 mm x 20 mm |
| Chain-lines | 25]-30-27-27-27-27-30-30-30-27 |
| Position | Centered on line 5 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Dublin City Treasury Records, 1540-1613: MR/35, f. 80. Contains a single watermark all the way through, though hand progresses from secretary to modern cursive |
| Repository | Dublin City Archives |
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| Watermark | Bunch of grapes on stem, with letters ‘BV’ |
| Date | 1651 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland. |
| Dimensions | 54 mm x 30 mm |
| Chain-lines | 31]-33-35-35-34-34-35-[30 |
| Position | Between lines 4 and 5 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Dublin City Treasury Records, 1651-1717: MR/36, f. 618. Contains a single watermark all the way through |
| Repository | Dublin City Archives |
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| Watermark | Arms of France and Navarre, in circular frame; quatrefoil above, Maltese cross below; name ‘GIOURNEE’ beneath (= Guillaume Journee, a papermaker of Troyes) |
| Date | 1608 |
| Location of use | Clonmel, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 90 mm x 47 mm |
| Chain-lines | ]-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-[ |
| Position | centred on 6 and 7 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Minute Book of Corporation of Clonmel, unnumbered central bifolium (350 x 450 mm) of a set of blanks between ff 49 and 50; same stock of paper throughout. Mark in left side of mould with no countermark. |
| Repository | National Library of Ireland MS 19171 |
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| Watermark | Pot, one-handled, crescent on top, ‘O/A B’ in bowl |
| Date | 1623–1669; a single watermark throughout book (200 folios) |
| Location of use | Coleraine, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 65 mm x 28 mm |
| Chain-lines | foredge 5>9]-21-22-22-21-21-21-21-22-[1>5 gutter |
| Position | between lines 5 and 6, centre page |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | ‘Acts of the Corporation of Colerain. [sic] from the 4th day of July 1623 to the 29th day of July 1669’, f. 200 |
| Repository | Curraghmore House |
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| Watermark | Crown over inverted Peter’s Cross, between two interlocking Cs, second reversed. Similar to Arms of Lorraine save for absence of Cross of Lorraine |
| Date | 1641 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 75 mm x 45 mm |
| Chain-lines | 16]-23-23-22-24-23-22-23-24-23-24-23-23-23-24-23-22-24-[3 |
| Position | between lines 3 and 6, centered between 4 and 5 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Office of the Chief Herald Collection, GO MS 50, ff 249-251;
researched and described by Louise O’Connor |
| Repository | National Library of Ireland |
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| Watermark | crown over shield with fleur de lis |
| Date | c.1641 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 120 mm x 73 mm |
| Chain-lines | 11]-13-20-21-21-21-21-21-21-21 |
| Position | between lines 4 and 7, centered between 5 and 6 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Office of the Chief Herald Collection, GO MS 50, f. 267;
researched and described by Louise O’Connor |
| Repository | National Library of Ireland |
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| Watermark | bunch of grapes, mounted on base containing letters ‘ROP’ (?) |
| Date | c.1639 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 47 mm x 26 mm |
| Chain-lines | 26]-23-22-22-23-22-22-22-23-21-22-23-24-21-21-22-23-[25 |
| Position | overlapping lines 13 and 14 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Office of the Chief Herald Collection, GO MS 50, f. 229; researched and described by Louise O’Connor |
| Repository | National Library of Ireland |
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| Watermark | Hat with tassels, between two columns, with letters ‘PDR’ below. Three fleurs de lis on top. |
| Date | dated 16th March 1639 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 56 mm x 52 mm |
| Chain-lines | 23]-23-22-24-24-22-22-25-23-24-23-23-23-23-22-24-16-[9 |
| Position | overlapping lines 6-7 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Office of the Chief Herald Collection, GO MS 50, ff 207-9. This watermark also on ff 33-35, conjugates 45/47, conjugates 211/215, conjugates 301/303, ff 305-307, f. 313, 309-311, conjugates 291-297, conjugates 293-295 (dated 1639);
researched and described by Louise O’Connor |
| Repository | National Library of Ireland |
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| Watermark | Cardinal hat with string, two bows and four tassels |
| Date | 27 October 1640 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 72 mm x 40 mm |
| Chain-lines | 18]-24-23-22-23-23-22-24-[19 |
| Position | across lines 4 and 5 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Office of the Chief Herald Collection, GO MS 203, f. 203;
researched and described by Louise O’Connor |
| Repository | National Library of Ireland |
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| Watermark | urn, two handles, with three flowers on top in pot, mounted on base containing letters ‘BCM’ |
| Date | c. 1639 |
| Location of use | Dublin, Ireland |
| Dimensions | 47 mm x 26 mm |
| Chain-lines | 14]-16-19-19-18-19-18-18-19-19-[16 |
| Position | across lines 6 and 7 |
| Process | Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop |
| Source | Office of the Chief Herald Collection, GO MS 50, f. 191;
researched and described by Louise O’Connor |
| Repository | National Library of Ireland |
