[DCRM-L] Fore-edge decoration description

[Randal S. BRANDT]

Many thanks to everyone who responded to this query. I've decided to keep
things simple and go with "edges decorated with alternating red and green
stripes." Maybe Deborah's dream of linked copy-specific images will someday
be a reality...

As for the color choice, I suspect it mainly had to do with the colors of
the illustrations contained in the text. It is an herbal, with
approximately 400 woodcuts, all hand colored. The Bancroft copy is very
similar to this copy, if anyone wants to feast their eyes on it:
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0008/bsb00082640/images/ (note that
this copy includes a lengthy manuscript index at the beginning; the text
starts at image 39, the frontispiece is image 38 -- sadly wanting from
Bancroft's copy...)



On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu>
wrote:

> What's wrong with sticking to what you know for sure: "Decorated with red
> and green stripes." Add a URL to the image to your record, and you've
> covered your bases.
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> Something that the BSC can do when it's finished all its other projects.
> (-;): turn its attention to protocols or best practices for linking
> copy-specific images to bibliographical and/or holdings records.
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> Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu |
> 202.675-0369 | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www.
> folger.edu
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Alex Kyrios
> *Sent:* Monday, 19 October 2015 09:36
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group
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> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Fore-edge decoration description
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> I had to do a bit of research here, but the modern Italian flag only seems
> to date back to 1797. Portugal’s green and red flag is an even later
> creation (1911). We can’t definitively date the colors based on a Flickr
> photo, but they look older than that to me. The Welsh flag dates to Henry
> VII, which would be contemporaneous with the book’s publication, but that
> seems a bit of a stretch. Of course, we may be looking too closely at this;
> maybe they just looked pretty or were the colors at hand!
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> Alex Kyrios
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> Cataloger
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> Folger Shakespeare Library
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> (202) 608-1713
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> akyrios at folger.edu
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu
> <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Randal S. BRANDT
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 15, 2015 8:03 PM
> *To:* Jane Stemp Wickenden
> *Cc:* DCRM Users' Group
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Fore-edge decoration description
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> Unfortunately, there are no provenance indications in the book itself.
> Italian ownership could be an explanation for the colors!
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> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Jane Stemp Wickenden <
> jane.wickenden at zen.co.uk> wrote:
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> My immediate thought was "spattered" but as far as I know that is not a
> technical term! sorry ... one finger and a wet toothbrush comes to mind...
>
> Was the book ever in Italian ownership, just as a matter of interest?
> (given the colours).
>
> Jane
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> On 16/10/2015 00:15, Randal S. BRANDT wrote:
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> I'm trying to describe an edge decoration situation I've never seen
> before. Since a picture is more effective than words, please see some
> images I posted Flickr:
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/7321780@N05/21582825453/
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/7321780@N05/22016053948/
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> Right now, I've got "edges sprinkled [?] in alternating red and green
> stripes". Can anyone come up with something better? Is there a technical
> term for this type of decoration?
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> FYI, the book in question is Gart der Gesundheit (Augsburg : Johann
> Schönsperger, 1486).
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> Thanks!
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> Randal S. Brandt
>
> The Bancroft Library | University of California, Berkeley
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> 510.643.2275 | rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
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> Randal S. Brandt
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> The Bancroft Library | University of California, Berkeley
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> 510.643.2275 | rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
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Randal S. Brandt
The Bancroft Library | University of California, Berkeley
510.643.2275 | rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
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