<div dir="auto">Hi Noah:</div><div dir="auto">Decorated initials are as much a part of print, as of manuscript culture, as of art history. You might wish to use an available term from one of the existing Thesauri and make a submission to the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group next time the linked open data resource is to be updated.</div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Nick</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 at 11:42 pm, Noah Sheola <<a href="mailto:sheola@bc.edu">sheola@bc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">Thank you Margaret. To be clear, I'm referring to hand-illuminated or rubricated initials in printed books. Since there are terms in
RBMS controlled vocabularies for copy-specific features such as annotations, inscriptions, extra-illustrated copies, I had thought decorated initials might be included, and am a little surprised by its absence. But the aat term will do for now.<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 9:58 AM Margaret F. Nichols <<a>mnr1@cornell.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The RBMS controlled vocabularies focus on print material. The Art & Architecture Thesaurus, on the other hand, includes a number of terms relating to manuscripts, including “decorated initials,” “historiated initials,” and “rubrics.” If
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <<a>dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 18, 2022 9:10 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] genre term for illuminated or rubricated initials?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Dorothy, I will probably use this. Is it really possible that there is nothing in RBMS controlled vocabularies? I'm seeing "initials" but nothing specifically for hand-illuminated or rubricated initials.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Page Link:</b> <a style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300417548</a></span></span><br>
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term for intials that incorporate ornament or other decoration, in contrast to the simpler forms of other letters on a page. May refer to manuscripts or in reference to printed texts.</span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Noah Sheola<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 9, 2022 6:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <<a>dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a>><br>
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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="1"><i><b>Nicholas Sparks, </b>M.Lib, PhD (Cantab)</i><br></font></div><div><a href="http://www.bsanz.org/publications/script-and-print/" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="1">Reviews Editor, <i>Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand</i></font></a></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/nicholas-sparks.html" target="_blank">Honorary Associate Medieval and Early Modern Centre, University of Sydney</a></font></span><font color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif" size="1"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div>