WIGB - Watermarks in Incunabula Printed in Great Britain

Reference number: 4 Watermark description: hand, lace cuff, thumb left Bernstein description: figures, anthropomorphic - hand/glove - without additional motif - hand - lace cuff - thumb left Mainclass IPH: A Maingroup description: hand Identical watermarks: BMC XI 420: Caxton 148; BMC XI 421: Caxton 189 Reproduction: beta-radiograph Depository: British Library, London, Great Britain Place of printing: Westminster Date deduced: [about 1487] Year: 1487 -1487 Printer: William Caxton Shelfmark: BL IA.55122 Folio: Papersize: chancery Size: 4o Number of leaves: 10 Number of sheets: 2.5 Bibliographic references: Duff 146

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).