[DCRM-L] genre term for illuminated or rubricated initials?

[Margaret F. Nichols]

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 you do a search on “initials” you’ll see a handy list of all the narrower terms for it.

Best,

Margaret Nichols

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Margaret F. Nichols
Rare Materials Cataloging Coordinator
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Tel. (607) 255-9667



From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> On Behalf Of Noah Sheola
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 9:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] genre term for illuminated or rubricated initials?

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.

On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 12:23 PM Dorothy Auyong <dauyong at huntington.org<mailto:dauyong at huntington.org>> wrote:
“decorated initials (initials (layout features)” in Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus seems to cover printed as well as manuscript versions.:

ID: 300417548
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300417548


Record Type: concept
[cid:image001.gif at 01D8B2E8.95F248F0]<http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATHierarchy?find=initials&logic=AND&note=&page=1&subjectid=300417548>
decorated initials (initials (layout features), layout features, ... Components (hierarchy name))


Note: General 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.



From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu>> On Behalf Of Noah Sheola
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 6:26 AM
To: DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>>
Subject: [DCRM-L] genre term for illuminated or rubricated initials?

Is there a controlled vocabulary genre term for illuminated and/or rubricated initials in printed books? I can't seem to find one.
Thanks,
Noah

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Noah Sheola
Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
(he/him)


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Noah Sheola
Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
(he/him)
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