CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
-it refers to something wrong in time and in place.
ANACHRONISM
- This means that the forger has trouble matching the paper, ink, or writing materials to the exact date it was Supposed to have been written.
ANACHRONISM
means “against”
ANA
means “time”
KHRONOS
-These are sheets of interlaced fibers-usually cellulose fibers from plants but sometimes from cloth rags or other fibrous materials, that is formed by pulping the fibers and causing to felt, or mat, to form a solid surface.
PAPER
-Certain papers are marked with a translucent design
WATERMARK
____________ Impressed in them during the course of their manufacture.
WATERMARK
–not an ink, it is part of the paper
WATERMARK
- Any material used primarily for writing or recording such as papers, cardboard, board papers, Morocco paper, etc.
WRITING MATERIALS
–not only limited to paper, consider every able or any surfaces that can be absorbed ink or scratch
WRITING MATERIALS
The common (probable) questioned on paper is its ______
AGE
-This came into use about 3,500 B.C.-people of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Southern Europe used the pith (soft spongy tissue of the stem) of the sedge (grass-like herb)
PAPYRUS
–“paper plant” or “paper made from it”
PAPYRUS
–papyrus real name is
CYPERUS PAPYRUS
to make a writing material known as PAPYRUS
CYPERUS PAPYRUS
-writing material made from skin of animals primarily of sheep, calves or goats was probably developed in the Middle East more or less contemporaneously with papyrus.
PARCHMENT
PARCHMENT
-writing material made from skin of animals primarily of ____, ____ or _____
sheep, calves or goats
-It came into wide use only in the 2nd century B.C. in the city of PERGAMUM in ANATOLIA.
PARCHMENT
Parchment came into wide use only in the 2nd century B.C. in the city of
PERGAMUM in ANATOLIA.
-writing materials from fine skins from young calves or kids
VELLUM
was often Used for all kind of parchment manuscripts
VELLUM
-it became the most important writing material for bookmaking
VELLUM
_____ became the most important writing material for bookmaking, while _____ continued for special manuscripts.
- VELLUM
- PARCHMENT
-Almost every able surface that would retain the marks of brush or pen was also used as a _____ during the early period.
writing material