Inked Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Seems like cheap office copy paper has plagued us for centuries...... ...the trick is not to hide the weakness, but flaunt it. Inked Link to post Share on other sites
OCArt Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Good one! “The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.” Lewis Carroll Link to post Share on other sites
inkstainedruth Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Interesting. What's the book? I'm wondering whether it's paper or parchment.Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth "It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen." Link to post Share on other sites
BaronWulfraed Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 No worse than any bible printed on onion skin that I've looked at... Link to post Share on other sites
XYZZY Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 It's the 15th-century Italian equivalent of Tomoe River: "Lots of showthrough, but I don't notice after filling the back side." Ruth, to find the image, if using a browser on the desktop:right click the image, select "Copy Image Address"go to googlepaste the URL for the image into the search baryou'll get no results, but a message "For matching images, try search by image"click on that, and you'll get resultsIt works reasonably well, and definitely works for this one. https://bid.dreweatts.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/926/lot/6519?uact=5&aid=926&lid=6549¤t_page=0 There are probably similar steps when on your phone/tablet. Link to post Share on other sites
Inked Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Interesting. What's the book? I'm wondering whether it's paper or parchment.Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth I was just following a link from one of the calligraphy topics when I noticed this ancient show through issue..... Walter Burley, Commentaries on Aristotle, De Physica, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on paper [italy (Venice), dated 24 February 1435/9]https://bid.dreweatts.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/926/lot/6519?uact=5&aid=926&lid=6549¤t_page=0 Inked Link to post Share on other sites
Inked Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 It's the 15th-century Italian equivalent of Tomoe River: "Lots of showthrough, but I don't notice after filling the back side." Ruth, to find the image, if using a browser on the desktop:right click the image, select "Copy Image Address"go to googlepaste the URL for the image into the search baryou'll get no results, but a message "For matching images, try search by image"click on that, and you'll get resultsIt works reasonably well, and definitely works for this one. https://bid.dreweatts.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/926/lot/6519?uact=5&aid=926&lid=6549¤t_page=0 There are probably similar steps when on your phone/tablet. Good search engine! Inked Link to post Share on other sites
inkstainedruth Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 I was just following a link from one of the calligraphy topics when I noticed this ancient show through issue..... Walter Burley, Commentaries on Aristotle, De Physica, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on paper [italy (Venice), dated 24 February 1435/9]https://bid.dreweatts.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/926/lot/6519?uact=5&aid=926&lid=6549¤t_page=0 Inked Thanks! (Sorry YXZZY, but the directions you gave doesn't seem to work that way for Macs....). There was no way to get to the link behind the image. It just took me a page which had the image but nothing else (including navigation).Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth "It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen." Link to post Share on other sites
Inked Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) Thanks! (Sorry YXZZY, but the directions you gave doesn't seem to work that way for Macs....). There was no way to get to the link behind the image. It just took me a page which had the image but nothing else (including navigation).Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth Who's Mac? Try the link below... bid.dreweatts.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/926/lot/6519?uact=5&aid=926&lid=6549¤t_page=0 Inked Edited April 28, 2020 by Inked Link to post Share on other sites
Inked Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 Good one! I am glad someone saw the humour in this! Inked Link to post Share on other sites
airstairesc Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I wonder what they thought of it back then? Do you suppose they had long and detailed discussions the way we do? Link to post Share on other sites
A Smug Dill Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 4/28/2020 at 1:18 PM, inkstainedruth said: (Sorry YXZZY, but the directions you gave doesn't seem to work that way for Macs....) @XYZZY's instructions worked exactly as advertised on my Mac (running OS X 10.11.6 and Safari browser 11.1.2). 👍 I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct for valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here. Link to post Share on other sites
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