Watermarks in the PSU Malleus Maleficarum

Authors

Laura Lindenthal

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Abstract

This paper seeks to connect the watermarks found in PSU’s codex to the printer (or printers) of the included texts, the Malleus maleficarum and the Fasciculus temporum. Specifically, this essay considers three watermarks found on the paper of the Malleus maleficarum, one of which, an ox-head with staff, occurs on a blank page between the Malleus and the Fasciculus temporum, which precedes it in the codex. These watermarks and their common variations are described and their inclusion in several watermark databases is discussed. The three marks found in the Malleus maleficarum may be directly connected to the printer, Peter Drach of Speier.

Publication Date

2020

Subjects

Incunabula, Papermaking, Provenance, Printing, History of the Book

Disciplines

European History | Medieval History | Medieval Studies

Comments

This essay is part of a series of research projects written for Professor John Ott's Spring 2020 Medieval History seminar on PSU Library Special Collections' Malleus maleficarum and Fasciculus temporum codex.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34703

Recommended Citation

Lindenthal, Laura, "Watermarks in the PSU Malleus Maleficarum" (2020). Extra-Textual Elements. 4.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34703