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

[Noah Sheola]

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.


On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 9:58 AM Margaret F. Nichols <mnr1 at cornell.edu>
wrote:

> 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.
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> Best,
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> Margaret Nichols
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> Margaret F. Nichols
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> Rare Materials Cataloging Coordinator
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> Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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> Cornell University
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Noah Sheola
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 18, 2022 9:10 AM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] genre term for illuminated or rubricated initials?
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> 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.
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> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 12:23 PM Dorothy Auyong <dauyong at huntington.org>
> wrote:
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> “decorated initials (initials (layout features)” in Getty Art &
> Architecture Thesaurus seems to cover printed as well as manuscript
> versions.:
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> *ID: 300417548*
> *Page Link:* http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300417548
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> *Record Type:* concept
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> <http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATHierarchy?find=initials&logic=AND&note=&page=1&subjectid=300417548>
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> *decorated initials* (initials (layout features), layout features, ...
> Components (hierarchy name))
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> *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.
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> *From:* DCRM-L <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>
> *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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> --
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> Noah Sheola
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> Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
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> John J. Burns Library
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> Boston College
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> --
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> Noah Sheola
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> Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
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> John J. Burns Library
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> Boston College
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-- 
Noah Sheola
Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
(he/him)
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