WIGB - Watermarks in Incunabula Printed in Great Britain

Reference number: 172 Watermark description: hand, palm, thumb right Bernstein description: figures, anthropomorphic - hand/glove - without additional motif - hand - palm - thumb right Mainclass IPH: A Maingroup description: hand Identical watermarks: Reproduction: beta-radiograph Depository: British Library, London, Great Britain Place of printing: [Westminster] Date deduced: [about 1494] Year: 1494 -1498 Printer: Wynkyn de Worde Shelfmark: BL IA.55268 Folio: k4.5 Papersize: chancery Size: 4o Number of leaves: 88 Number of sheets: 22 Bibliographic references: Duff 268

The research was conducted by Paul Needham (Princeton, Scheide Library). The project was funded by the Bibliographical Society (London). The data were inserted in the database by Janneke Verdijk under supervision of Gerard van Thienen, with advisory support of Marieke van Delft (TheHague, KB). The web presentation was implemented by Emanuel Wenger (Vienna, ÖAW).