Wrap­pers for skeins of ‘nun’s thread’ — a “finer thread, called ounce or nun’s thread, from its hav­ing for­merly been made by nuns in France and Flan­ders” (A.J. War­den, The Linen Trade, Ancient and Mod­ern (1867), p. 539). Three exam­ples from more than 536 trade labels, chiefly for the linen thread trade (both export and domes­tic) pasted into three albums with title Hout­sne­den door Izaak van der Vinne [Wood­cuts by Isaac van der Vinne (1665–1740)]. Call num­ber: (Ex) NC1002.L3 V56f [These wrap­pers: vol­ume 1, leaf 16.]