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wife, with their effigies, properly carved, painted and 

 gilt, while in various parts of the church may be 

 found what is said to be his crest, the fool's cap, which 



ARMS OF SPIELMAN A^D HIS FIEST WIFE. 



he used as a water-mark on a particular size of paper. 

 " Foolscap " paper derives its name from that water- 

 mark ; and thus, though the term now indicates a size, 

 it was originally a trade-mark. The mark may have 

 been derived, not from any crest, but from the long 

 cap worn by the figure on his wife's shield of arms ; 

 although it was greatly changed in the process. At the 

 same time, it is to be noted that the fool's cap water- 

 mark occurred on paper made in Germany in 1472. 



