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Published at 2560 × 1179 in The Secret (Past) Lives of Library Books
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Black and white image showing the repeating vertical lines of the paper’s mould structure, and a line-drawn image of a bull in side profile.

Watermark from Dante’s Commedia, printed by Vindelino da Spira in Venice in 1477, imaged with transmitted light. The watermark looks slightly distorted due to the book’s tight binding and restricted opening. Credit: Meghan Wilson