Papyri Pages  Guide to Paper, Papermaking and the History of Paper   on the Web

• Paperonline
  is an educational resource and portal link to the paper world.

  • What is Paper?
  • History of Paper
  • Paper Grades and Products

• British association of Paper Historians
  Provides a wide array of information on many aspects of paper history.
  • Paper History

• The Art of Papermaking  is part of an exhibit of Maps at the Louisiana State Museum

• Paper Identification Database
  An open database in the Internet for collecting data for paper characterisation and documentation.

• Lin Hsin Hsin Art Museum (Singapore)

  • Paper Workshop - Introduction - The Artist and paper  (Brief history of papermaking)

• Paper Museum - Tokyo (Japan)

• Ancient Papermaking - Dongkou Village Papermaking Village (China)

• Basel Paper Mill (Switzerland)

• Crane Museum of Papermaking (U.S.A.)

• Hansol Paper Museum (Korea)

• Paper Road of Tibet - preserving traditional papermaking in Tibet (site no longer available ?)
• Art As Essential: Paper Road/Tibet By Jane Farmer
  (1999 Article about the project from Maryland printmakers)
• Appeal for the The Paper Road/Tibet Project
  from the the Crossing Over Consortium, Inc.

• Traditional Paper Making in Nepal by Rich Rotto

• Paper In Wisconson
  from the Wisconsin Paper Council includes information about paper and the history of paper and papermaking.

• Inveresk PLC (a UK paper manufacturer)
  • Learn about Paper (history and modern manufacture)

• Richard de Bass Paper Mill and Museum (France)

• Awagami Factory - Traditional Japanese Paper Mill

• Washi - Japanese Paper

• THE PAPER HISTORY CHANNEL

• Il Museo della Carta - Amalfi (Italy)
  • History of paper making
    

   

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• The Book and Paper Group ANNUAL
  A non-juried anthology of papers pertaining to the conservation and preservation of works of art on paper, books and library and archival materials published by The American Institute for Conservation of Artistic and Historic Works

• The Institute of Paper Conservation (IPC)
  A leading organization devoted solely to the conservation of paper and related materials.

• The Iron Gall Ink Corrosion Website
  - Provides information on iron gall ink, its importance in art/history, and the major threat to the world's cultural heritage caused by its self-destructive properties.

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• The Thomas L. Gravell Watermark Archive
  A large searchable online electronic database of photographic reproductions of watermarks in paper made between 1400 and 1835
• Thomas Gravell Watermark Collection
  at the University of Delaware Library, Special Collections Department

• Archive of Papers and Watermarks in Greek Manuscripts
  by Robert W. Allison - Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA

• The Watermark Initiative
  A WWW-based distributed database system for the registration and description of papers and watermarks
  Hosted by - Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA

• A Digital Catalogue of Watermarks and other Type Ornaments used by William Stansby in the printing of The Works of Ben Johnson (1616) from the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH)

• Koninklijke Bibliotheek  - National Library of the Netherlands
  Houses one of the worlds greatest collections of books and manuscripts.
  • Collections
  • Gallery
  • Watermarks
    • Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries (WILC) a searchable database of watermark images and information.

• Woollard & Henry Ltd. was founded in 1873 in Scotland and is the only remaining Dandy Roll/Cylinder Mould manufacturer in the UK. The company manufactures and supplies rolls, moulds, watermarks and all ancillary equipment for running these, to paper mills all over the world.
• e-brochure about the company and its products (PDF)

• Paperonline  -  Links
  an educational resource and portal link to the paper world.

• Webguide to the World of Handmade Paper by Dieter Freyer

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