Descriptive protocols for material data

PAPER IDENTIFICATION

Brief description protocol

Required metadata:

Folding format for writing (folio / bifolio)
Number of folios / bifolios
Folding size (in-folio / in-4° / in-8° / fragment - if unknown height x width, in mm)
Wire mesh (laid / wove)
Color (natural / natural with dark lookthrough / azure / slightly azure)
Presence of a watermark (watermarked / without watermark)
Required data for wove paper (optional for laid paper) : height x width, in mm

Full description protocol

Main required metadata:

ITEM Description:

Folding format for writing (folio / bifolio)
Number of folios / bifolios
Folding size (in-folio / in-4° / in-8° / fragment - if unknown height x width, in mm)
Written surface (recto / recto-verso)

For letters:

Expedition folding scheme
Enveloppe (yes / no)
Wax seal (yes / no)
Place of wax seal
Postal marks (wet / dry stamp, color, text, handwritten marks)
Place of postal marks

PAPER TYPE Description:

Identification number of paper type
Wire mesh (laid / wove)
Color (natural / natural with dark lookthrough / azure / slightly azure)
Surface rugosity (smooth / rather smooth / slightly rough / rough / very rough)
Average thickness in mm (measuring 6 points for each folio)
Dimensions (height x width, in mm – folded, in case of a bifolio)
Ponderation of dimensions (trimmed / untrimmed)
Distance between chain-lines (minimum / maximum)
“Trans-wire” on the mark side
“Trans-wire” on the countermark side
Presence of a watermark (yes / no)
Mark description / transcription
Countermark description / transcription
Auxiliary sign description / transcription
Identified pair of moulds (yes / no)
Images (transmitted light photos, with scale or ruler, color scale optional)

Expert protocol

See MUSE database: « RefPapier » [Paper References], « RefFiligrane » [Watermark References], « Données spécifiques Correspondance » [Specific data for letters]

WAX SEAL IDENTIFICATION

Name
Iconographic description
Color of wax
Place
State

Last update on Monday 1 March 2021 (14:43) by Nicolas Rieucau