Estudo do papel e das filigranas e sua ocorrência em manuscritos dos séculos XVIII e XIX na capitania e província de Mato Grosso

Abstract

This dissertation shows the study of filigree by means of codicology, auxiliary discipline of philology. It is known that codicology allows the analysis of the support used for writing. The invention of paper by the Chinese traverses the eastern world through the Arab people. In Javita, Spain, the first sheets of paper appear by the Chinese European / Arabic method, then in Fabriano, Italy, in the second quarter of the thirteenth century new techniques are developed for the paper production and insertion of filigree as the identifying mark producer. Brands woven by artisans or otherwise, molds, when in papermaking sheet to sheet. Through a watermark it is possible to identify the papermaking mill that manufactured the country and deduce the date of manufacture. Accordingly, it was necessary to address the papermaking from its origin in China to the present days. The use of detailed knowledge of a watermark serves to verify the authenticity of a document dating analyzed, so you can bequeath it as original or fake. Filigree collected in Brazilian archives are present in written documents in the captaincy of Mato Grosso or appear in mailings to its inhabitants, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (1750-1850). Photographed brands are Portuguese, Italian, French, Dutch etc. The approach to databases over the internet is of fundamental importance to filigreenologist which is far from the major centers of research and the fact that there is a specific job in Brazil that covers the field of filigreenology.