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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2736938, member: 5833"]We went down a large rabbit hole about printers' marks in another thread started by a painting with a seal on the back. Printers seem to have started something that spread to merchants more generally. It would not surprise me for Masonic symbols to be incorporated into the device for a printer. The fact that there is such a thing as an asterism in print terminology & practice makes it an appropriate & rather witty addition to the other 2 items for a printer.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I believe 'asterism' is also the term for the illusion seen in some stones, such as star rubies & star sapphires.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2736938, member: 5833"]We went down a large rabbit hole about printers' marks in another thread started by a painting with a seal on the back. Printers seem to have started something that spread to merchants more generally. It would not surprise me for Masonic symbols to be incorporated into the device for a printer. The fact that there is such a thing as an asterism in print terminology & practice makes it an appropriate & rather witty addition to the other 2 items for a printer. BTW, I believe 'asterism' is also the term for the illusion seen in some stones, such as star rubies & star sapphires.[/QUOTE]
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