Paperbound Watermarks

Paperbound is a digital repository for photographs of Western European watermarks from c. 1300 to 1550. It is still under construction, but becoming more funcitonal by the day. We are primarily looking for collaboration in the form of submissions of images of watermarks with the pertinent necessary data (the appropriate form can be accessed at http://www.paperbound-watermarks/contribute), but are happy to receive other feedback and suggestions. Eventual plans include integrating a reverse image search and creating a parallel database for post-1550 watermarks.

Project

Academic field
Medieval Studies
Digital Medievalist
Medieval literature
history of the book
Book Trade
Project link
Paperbound Watermarks
Tools used
PostgreSQL
SQLAlchemy
TaDiRAH
Unsure/don't know
TaDiRAH research objects
digital database

Collaboration

Help type
Other
Kinds of collaborators
Individual/small group
Graduate students
Librarians
Other
Help description
If you have access to your library's Special Collections and permission to photograph, we are looking for images and accompanying necessary information for watermarks in manuscripts and early editions.
Contact person
S C Kaplan
Help needed
Yes

arts-humanities.net

Publications

Tools used

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system running on all major platforms. Support for native programming interfaces for C/C++, Java, .Net, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl and ODBC among others. Features:

  • fully ACID compliant
  • full support for foreign keys, joins, views, triggers, and stored procedures (in multiple languages)
  • includes most SQL 2008 data types, including INTEGER, NUMERIC, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, DATE, INTERVAL, and TIMESTAMP
  • supports storage of binary large objects, including pictures, sounds, or video
  • multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC)
  • Highly customisable

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