Fabriano: City of Medieval and Renaissance Papermaking

Synopsis

Explores How The Arab Art Of Papermaking By Hand Came To The Italian Peninsula In The Thirteenth Century And Why The City Of Fabriano, Italy Was Well-positioned To Develop As The Heart Of This Artisan Craft, First In Italy And Subsequently For A Larger Mediterranean Territory. Details Technical Advancements Introduced By Fabriano Are Described, Including Machinery, Equipment, The Use Of Watermarks, And Improvements In The Physical Processes Of Papermaking. An Ancient Past: Fabriano And Marche -- How Papermaking Came To Italy -- Improvement And Innovation -- Cultural And Iconographic Origins Of The Watermark -- Medieval Papermaking Workshops -- Early Paper Formats -- Manuscripts, Merchants, And Printers -- An Industry In Turmoil -- Rejuvenation: The Pietro Miliani Era. Appendices. White Wonder: The Chemical And Physical Characteristics Of Early Fabriano Paper -- Determination Of Metal Content In Fabriano Paper Used In Early Italian Printed Books -- Catalog: Selected Fabriano Paper In Special Collections Of The Library Of Congress -- Glossary Of Italian Terms Related To Papermaking. Sylvia Rodgers Albro. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.