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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 176341, member: 25"]The pictures are truly among the most horrible ever, but if my impression of the paper texture is correct (somewhat wavy) then it is a reproduction printed on a fake parchment like paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>A real one should be on ordinary paper, with a pattern of fine lines as a watermark. This is called 'laid' paper. Look at it against a light, the paper would have been dried on a fine wire mesh and this leaves the original 'watermark'[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 176341, member: 25"]The pictures are truly among the most horrible ever, but if my impression of the paper texture is correct (somewhat wavy) then it is a reproduction printed on a fake parchment like paper. A real one should be on ordinary paper, with a pattern of fine lines as a watermark. This is called 'laid' paper. Look at it against a light, the paper would have been dried on a fine wire mesh and this leaves the original 'watermark'[/QUOTE]
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