Identification of several sieves of Schuchardt-paper dated in the 1730s

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Johann Gottlob Schuchardt was papermaker at the Dresden papermill from 1717 until 1739. He made solid paper of good quality that musicians and composers like Zelenka and his contemporaries used very often. In the middle of the 1730s, there was a very special form of the writing „J G Schuchart“ noticeable in that watermark. By comparing the dated manuscripts with wide dated manuscripts, that have the same form of the writing „J G Schuchart“, we are now able to date more precisely. Besides, there is a very different looking Schuchardt-watermark, which only appeared from 1733 until 1739 as far as we know. Schuchardt seems to have made this paper in a short time, because there are only a few examples found, some in Dresden, one in Berlin (according to WZIS), but all of them appearing in the 1730s. In Zelenka’s lifetime paper was precious and rare, so it was mostly used within a very short time after it was produced. The sieves for hand papermaking were in use only 1 to at most 4 years. After that time they were wasted and damaged. These facts give us some good possibilities to date the paper precisely, as the examples of the paper will show.

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lubkoll, Claudia
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): SLUB Dresden

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-797043
• Last update: 14.03.2025, 8:15 AM CET