<div dir="ltr">Unfortunately, there are no provenance indications in the book itself. Italian ownership could be an explanation for the colors!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Jane Stemp Wickenden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jane.wickenden@zen.co.uk" target="_blank">jane.wickenden@zen.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    My immediate thought was "spattered" but as far as I know that is
    not a technical term! sorry ... one finger and a wet toothbrush
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    Was the book ever in Italian ownership, just as a matter of
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    <div>On 16/10/2015 00:15, Randal S. BRANDT
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      <div dir="ltr">I'm trying to describe an edge decoration situation
        I've never seen before. Since a picture is more effective than
        words, please see some images I posted Flickr:
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          <div>Right now, I've got "edges sprinkled [?] in alternating
            red and green stripes". Can anyone come up with something
            better? Is there a technical term for this type of
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          <div>FYI, the book in question is Gart der Gesundheit
            (Augsburg : Johann Schönsperger, 1486).</div>
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          <div>Thanks!</div>
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                <div>Randal S. Brandt<br>
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                The Bancroft Library | University of California,
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              <a href="tel:510.643.2275" value="+15106432275" target="_blank">510.643.2275</a> | <a href="mailto:rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Randal S. Brandt<br></div>The Bancroft Library | University of California, Berkeley<br></div>510.643.2275 | <a href="mailto:rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu</a><br></div></div>
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