Hello, I was browsing a manuscript from a university and came across some blank pages. On one of the pages I noticed a faint outline. Does anyone know what the picture might be?
https://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/msneuz/content/pageview/10722830
I have tried to make it more visible but my photo editing skills might not be good enough.
The image is 26 mb https://i.ibb.co/rGfK6yh/hidden-image2.jpg
It seems quite plausible that the drawing might be an attempt to recreate the insignia on the top half of page 13 of the same manuscript. http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/msneuz/content/pageview/10722813
similarly, the flower-looking drawing might be a recreation of the bottom of page 9. http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/msneuz/content/pageview/10722809
I can't be certain of course, so I understand if this comment doesn't pass the rules of the sub,
Heres another that looks like a flower. https://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/msneuz/content/pageview/10722835
Maybe it is some kind of water mark?
For some reason I get an email of a comment on this thread but when I check it is no longer there, weird.
Another
https://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/msneuz/content/pageview/10722843
It's a printhouse watermark/embossment. I know this only because of the artistic styling that flowers don't usually present naturally and knowing this was the norm in 1500s German printhouses. Plagurism was rampant before publishing houses were established and this was a sort of right-to-publish stamp. Something to look out for are the imprints of leaves and flowers from ''pressing'' real ones between the pages of heavy books to flatten them and ultimately dry them out, which was fashionable for a time in history.
