WIGB - Watermarks in Incunabula Printed in Great Britain

Reference number: 1080 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 Position: right Identical watermarks: BMC XI 423: Caxton 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276 Reproduction: beta-radiograph Depository: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, U.S.A. Place of printing: Westminster Date deduced: [about 1491] Year: 1491 -1491 Printer: William Caxton Shelfmark: PML Folio: M2.7 Papersize: chancery Size: 4o Number of leaves: 148 Number of sheets: 37 Bibliographic references: Duff 055

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).