Inscription

Scope note

Use for lettering marked on something, especially for documentation or commemoration. On prints, the specific information lettered on the print, not usually part of a larger text. Regarding material from the ancient period, includes most preserved written matter of any length, other than papyri. For standardized symbols or notations on objects that convey official information, use "marks (symbols)."

This term has 192 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Inscription type
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300028702

Broader Terms used

Narrower Terms used

achievement of arms
address
cast number
collector's mark
date
date letter
epigraphs
epitaphs
initials (abbreviations)
museum mark
page number
posies
price
quire numbers
secundo folio
signatures (names)
supporting information
verses

Term used for

inscriptions
legends (coin inscriptions)

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Anemone alpina L.

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

A dedicatory sonnet in gold ink to the Queen

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Pinet, Antoine du

Inscription

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Removed: inscription on stub

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Inscription

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Inscription

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Dandelion

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

Stele

Inscription

Titlepage: 'The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast'

Maker(s)

Author: Dorset, C.A., Mrs
Draughtsman: Unknown

Titlepage

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Busiri, Giovanni Battista

Inscription

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Agnese (not Maria)

Inscription

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Agnese (not Maria)

Inscription

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Periwinkle

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

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