Medieval tradesmen making paper. Water wheels (through windows) drive the pulping machinery (left, background) and the large press (right, background) used for pressing sheets of paper before drying. The man at right is arranging an even layer of pulp onto a frame ready for pressing and the boy is carrying away a stack of finished sheets. Illustration from Jost Amman's Book of Trades, 1568.

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