[DCRM-L] Term(s) for non-textual marks in books?

[Laurence S. Creider]

Isn't "doodle" technical terminology? :-)  "Markings" covers a lot of
ground, but I would think lacks the pictorial (design?) element in
"doodle."

Larry
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On Wed, June 6, 2012 3:17 pm, Jeffrey P. Barton wrote:
> What terms do others use for non-textual marks and annotations in books?
> I'm thinking specifically of marks found in children's books, but I think
> that the usage would apply to old books in general, as well.
>
> Some of the marks I'm thinking of are drawings of sorts (sometimes copying
> illustrations printed in a book, at least in part, but often they're not-a
> reader just using empty pages/spaces in the book as blank writing paper).
> Some are marks more like doodling, often on paste-downs but sometimes
> elsewhere. And some are what the curator terms "pen trials," which I think
> is a useful term for marks made when someone seems to be testing out a pen
> (with the sort of squiggly lines you now see on blank pages in a store
> selling pens).  These aren't "inscriptions" or "annotations," and
> "markings" doesn't really seem like a term that's properly descriptive (or
> one I imagine researchers readily look for?).
>
> Thanks for any ideas
>
> JB
>
> Jeff Barton
> Cotsen Children's Library Cataloger
> Rare Books & Special Collections Department
> Princeton University Library
> One Washington Rd.
> Princeton, NJ 08544
> Jpbarton[at]princeton.edu
>
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