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

[Nicholas Sparks]

Hi Noah:
Decorated initials are as much a part of print, as of manuscript culture,
as of art history. You might wish to use an available term from one of the
existing Thesauri and make a submission to the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies
Editorial Group next time the linked open data resource is to be updated.
Cheers,
Nick

On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 at 11:42 pm, Noah Sheola <sheola at bc.edu> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
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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?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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>
>> 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
>>
>> *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> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Noah Sheola
>>
>> Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
>>
>> John J. Burns Library
>>
>> Boston College
>>
>> (he/him)
>>
>>
>>
>>
> --
>>
>> Noah Sheola
>>
>> Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
>>
>> John J. Burns Library
>>
>> Boston College
>>
>> (he/him)
>>
>
>
> --
> Noah Sheola
> Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
> John J. Burns Library
> Boston College
> (he/him)
>
-- 
*Nicholas Sparks, M.Lib, PhD (Cantab)*
Reviews Editor, *Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of
Australia and New Zealand*
<http://www.bsanz.org/publications/script-and-print/>
Honorary Associate Medieval and Early Modern Centre, University of Sydney
<https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/nicholas-sparks.html>
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