Table 3.

Sample of watermarked Salonikan and Constantinopolitan imprints found in Cairo

ClassmarkPrinterComparable watermarks (mm)Size of watermarkComparanda attested
T-S NS 168.5bIbn Nahmias brothers(?)Hand: no match or similar markpartial: 57 × at least [26]Constantinople (1506) (see below)
T-S Misc.14.25Ibn Nahmias brothers(?) (Constantinople c. 1510)42Crossed arrows: similar to CCF Z01609; CCF Z01623; CCF Z0164259 × 30Fabriano (1507; 1509; 1513)
T-S NS 331.17Joesph b. Abraham b. Alnaqua (Salonika 1520)Column: PFES 00251351 × 17Gerona (1537)
T-S AS 189.51Unidentified (Salonika 1543)Balance: lower part similar to Briquet 2485partial: 40 × at least [40]
T-S Misc.19.108Joseph Yaʿbes. (Salonika c. 1558–66)43Anchor: similar to Briquet 485partial: at least [49] × 42Padua (1547); Parma (1553)
T-S NS 25.117 same sheet to T-S 25.116 (watermark in octavo visible on upper right and lower right corners)Joseph Yaʿbes. (Salonika c. 1570)44Anchor: partial, close to Likhachev 3426 or 1935partial: at least [T-S 25.116: 31] + [T-S NS 25.117: 22] × 38Venice (1561); Serbia (1571)
T-S NS 213.30Undetermined (Salonika, before 1600)45Fish: no match or similar markpartial: at least [107] × 38
ClassmarkPrinterComparable watermarks (mm)Size of watermarkComparanda attested
T-S NS 168.5bIbn Nahmias brothers(?)Hand: no match or similar markpartial: 57 × at least [26]Constantinople (1506) (see below)
T-S Misc.14.25Ibn Nahmias brothers(?) (Constantinople c. 1510)42Crossed arrows: similar to CCF Z01609; CCF Z01623; CCF Z0164259 × 30Fabriano (1507; 1509; 1513)
T-S NS 331.17Joesph b. Abraham b. Alnaqua (Salonika 1520)Column: PFES 00251351 × 17Gerona (1537)
T-S AS 189.51Unidentified (Salonika 1543)Balance: lower part similar to Briquet 2485partial: 40 × at least [40]
T-S Misc.19.108Joseph Yaʿbes. (Salonika c. 1558–66)43Anchor: similar to Briquet 485partial: at least [49] × 42Padua (1547); Parma (1553)
T-S NS 25.117 same sheet to T-S 25.116 (watermark in octavo visible on upper right and lower right corners)Joseph Yaʿbes. (Salonika c. 1570)44Anchor: partial, close to Likhachev 3426 or 1935partial: at least [T-S 25.116: 31] + [T-S NS 25.117: 22] × 38Venice (1561); Serbia (1571)
T-S NS 213.30Undetermined (Salonika, before 1600)45Fish: no match or similar markpartial: at least [107] × 38
Table 3.

Sample of watermarked Salonikan and Constantinopolitan imprints found in Cairo

ClassmarkPrinterComparable watermarks (mm)Size of watermarkComparanda attested
T-S NS 168.5bIbn Nahmias brothers(?)Hand: no match or similar markpartial: 57 × at least [26]Constantinople (1506) (see below)
T-S Misc.14.25Ibn Nahmias brothers(?) (Constantinople c. 1510)42Crossed arrows: similar to CCF Z01609; CCF Z01623; CCF Z0164259 × 30Fabriano (1507; 1509; 1513)
T-S NS 331.17Joesph b. Abraham b. Alnaqua (Salonika 1520)Column: PFES 00251351 × 17Gerona (1537)
T-S AS 189.51Unidentified (Salonika 1543)Balance: lower part similar to Briquet 2485partial: 40 × at least [40]
T-S Misc.19.108Joseph Yaʿbes. (Salonika c. 1558–66)43Anchor: similar to Briquet 485partial: at least [49] × 42Padua (1547); Parma (1553)
T-S NS 25.117 same sheet to T-S 25.116 (watermark in octavo visible on upper right and lower right corners)Joseph Yaʿbes. (Salonika c. 1570)44Anchor: partial, close to Likhachev 3426 or 1935partial: at least [T-S 25.116: 31] + [T-S NS 25.117: 22] × 38Venice (1561); Serbia (1571)
T-S NS 213.30Undetermined (Salonika, before 1600)45Fish: no match or similar markpartial: at least [107] × 38
ClassmarkPrinterComparable watermarks (mm)Size of watermarkComparanda attested
T-S NS 168.5bIbn Nahmias brothers(?)Hand: no match or similar markpartial: 57 × at least [26]Constantinople (1506) (see below)
T-S Misc.14.25Ibn Nahmias brothers(?) (Constantinople c. 1510)42Crossed arrows: similar to CCF Z01609; CCF Z01623; CCF Z0164259 × 30Fabriano (1507; 1509; 1513)
T-S NS 331.17Joesph b. Abraham b. Alnaqua (Salonika 1520)Column: PFES 00251351 × 17Gerona (1537)
T-S AS 189.51Unidentified (Salonika 1543)Balance: lower part similar to Briquet 2485partial: 40 × at least [40]
T-S Misc.19.108Joseph Yaʿbes. (Salonika c. 1558–66)43Anchor: similar to Briquet 485partial: at least [49] × 42Padua (1547); Parma (1553)
T-S NS 25.117 same sheet to T-S 25.116 (watermark in octavo visible on upper right and lower right corners)Joseph Yaʿbes. (Salonika c. 1570)44Anchor: partial, close to Likhachev 3426 or 1935partial: at least [T-S 25.116: 31] + [T-S NS 25.117: 22] × 38Venice (1561); Serbia (1571)
T-S NS 213.30Undetermined (Salonika, before 1600)45Fish: no match or similar markpartial: at least [107] × 38
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