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An interesting question, Ad!
I wonder if there has ever been a specific term for the frame.
The same with the generally used terms woodcut and wood-engraving.
“My museum possesses many woodcuts”. The prints or the blocks?
“My museum possesses many wood-engravings”. The prints or the blocks?
Kindly,
Johan de Zoete
Van: Announcement list for BlocksPlatesStones <[log in to unmask]> Namens Erin Blake
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Onderwerp: Re: English term wanted
I’ve also never come across a specific term in English. For me, it usually comes up when I want to distinguish the one-piece kind from the kind made up of four pieces (or eight, if it has corner blocks) so I’ll say “one-piece border frame” rather than “separate border blocks arranged to make a frame.” The advantage of mostly talking about them rather than writing about them is that I can then say “It’s like a factotum initial, but instead of a little space for a piece of type, there’s a big space for another block.”
Cheers,
Erin.
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Subject: Re: English term wanted
Ines, this is one English term we all might might spend a very long time searching for!
I’ve seen 'passe-partout' used for (fairly small) woodblocks with a (fairly small) hole for type, for example to allow a serial number in moveable type or an initial. I don’t believe I've seen the term used for a larger border, with a larger hole.
I’ve seen ‘frame’ used for a woodcut intended to surround another, and ‘border’ when a woodcut surrounds text. I don’t know if this is standard, though, and ‘frame’ in this context might imply the imitation of a physical frame.
I don’t know if there is a specific term for the woodblock(s) used to print a border, or if there needs to be. Would a descriptive approach, something like ‘woodblock for a border’ or ‘woodblock for a frame’, be appropriate?
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All best
Elizabeth