The Manuscript Codex * Textual Indicators, Decorative Forms and Decorative Techniques
STAMPING OF PAPER

A hard material carrying a design on its surface is applied with some force to another surface. In one method, the material carrying the design is applied with enough pressure so as to transfer an impression of that design onto the paper to which it was applied. In another method, ink or paint is applied to the surface of the material carrying the design. When that material is applied to paper, the colored media reproduces the design on the paper.
 
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UBL Or. 1341

 

 

AUTHORS: PAUL HEPWORTH AND KARIN SCHEPER