NEED RESPONSE - Topic 6: Glossary: "FIGURE"

[Sider, Sandra]

Could everyone please take a moment to vote "YES" or "NO" about whether
"Figure" should be included in the DCRB Glossary?

Also, here is how I see it:
While a figure IS (usually) an illustration, a plate CONTAINS illustrative
material--whether a numbered figure or not. Yes?  

Thanks, Sandra  

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Manon Theroux [SMTP:manon.theroux at yale.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 02, 1999 8:36 PM
> To:	dcrb-l at lib.byu.edu
> Subject:	Topic 6: Glossary: "FIGURE"
> 
> First, what is the rationale for adding the term in the first place?  Will
> it appear in the DCRM rules?  If not, why do we need it in the glossary?
> 
> As for the definition itself, it seems natural to first consult existing
> glossaries.  Glaister's Encyclopedia of the Book (2nd ed.) has a
> definition
> that closely resembles Sandra's earlier version:
>  
> "figure:  1. an illustration on a page of text with which it is printed
> from a forme imposed together with type. Cf. plate.  2. see numerals."
> 
> I find no definition in either Carter's ABC for Book Collectors (7th ed.)
> or Peters's The Bookman's Glossary (5th ed.) .
> 
> Is there an authoritative source that backs up the revised definition
> suggested below?  If plates can also contain figures, then how does a
> figure differ from an illustration?  And how does the numbering fit in?
> 
> --Manon
> -------------------------------------------------
> >From: "Sider, Sandra" <Sandra.Sider at sothebys.com>
> >To: "'dcrb-l at lib.byu.edu'" <dcrb-l at lib.byu.edu>
> >Subject: I must be stupid today--Elizabeth is correct re. "FIGURE"
> >Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 18:21:05 +0100
> >
> >Everyone should ignore my previous post re. "figure."  I have edited the
> >entry for "Figure" below, q.v.
> >
> >Any further comments?
> >
> 
> >> Figure.  [N.B.: new term.]  An illustration printed on a page of text,
> >> or printed on a page which is an integral part of a gathering.  Plates
> can
> >> also contain numbered figures. See also Plate.
> >> 
> >> Plate.  A primarily illustrative leaf that is (usually) not an integral
> >> part of a gathering.  Tables, scores, and similar material printed on
> leaves
> >> that are not an integral part of a gathering are also treated as
> plates.
>  See
> >> also Figure.


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