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Revealing watermarks : how to enhance the security of hand-made paper items and reveal hidden data /

"Watermarks reflect the very stuff of the origin, date, distribution, composition, history, and culture of paper-based items. Digital imaging of watermarks releases the research potential as widely as the internet itself. One example is the digital "fingerprinting" of paper in order t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Christie-Miller, Ian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2021.
Colección:mrj / YBP CIP upgrade
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Watermarks reflect the very stuff of the origin, date, distribution, composition, history, and culture of paper-based items. Digital imaging of watermarks releases the research potential as widely as the internet itself. One example is the digital "fingerprinting" of paper in order to enhance the security of items, such as valuable and vulnerable maps. Revealing Watermarks, by means of the case study of one sixteenth century watermark-a crown from the arms of Danzig-illustrates how cultural influences spread and have endured across the centuries, in this case from Sweden to Russia"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (81 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1644696266
9781644696255
1644696258
9781644696262