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MS. Books and “copy- ( Possibly might be reproduced by
books”- ) coPPer'Plate if written well

enough (p. 331)

¡Better lettering in these would not

Advertisements, isle.: ! stirate many eyesores, but
i would probably attract by its
novelty (see p. 316).

ENGRAFING, Wс.
Brasses, isle.:

Punches:

Utensils:

Ornaments:

Die Sinking:

(see pp. 328, 329, 339).

$ (“Brasses,” Name-plates, Door-

< plates, &c.).

$ (for naming, numbering, &c.

< e.g. Bookbinders’ Finishing Tools),

(Bowls, flagons, plates, &c.).

(Jewellery, &c.).

$ (for coins, medals, &c., and for em-

< bossed paper headings, &c.).

INSCRIPTIONS IN),

STONE isl WOOD:) pp‘ 339“349’ ChaP- XVII).

On Monuments
Buildings:

Tombstones:

Foundation Stones:

Memorial Tablets:

Street Names:

“SIGN WRITING’

Signs:

Shop Fascias, iAc.i
Names, isle.:
Notice Boards:

“Ticket Writing”.

EMBROIDERT,

isle.:

isl I Also on mile-s tones, boundary
f stones, bridges, &c.

(see pp. 314, 340).

(for stations, inns, shops, &c.).

(on doors & on carts, coaches, &c.).

(see remarks on built-up forms, p. 256 :
and Chapter XII [on Letter¬
ing, &C,] of “Embroidery and
Tapestry Weaving,” by Mrs. A.
H. Christie, in this Series.

Decoration Jor hangings, (p. 300); Marking clothes, isle.

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All the arts employ lettering directly or indirectly,
in fine decoration or for simple service.

The following list of ancient uses is interest¬
ing:1—

“I. TITULI

I. Dedicatory and Votive Inscriptions (Tifali Sacri).

1. Sepulchral Inscriptions (Tifali Sepulchrales).

3. Honorary Inscriptions (Tifali Honorarii).

4. Inscriptions on Public Works (Tifali Operum Publicorum).

5. Inscriptions on Movable Objects (Instrumentum).

II. INSTRUMENTA

1. Laws (Leges et Plebi Scita).

2. Decrees of the Senate (Senatus Consulta).

3. Imperial Documents (Instrumenta Imperatorum).

4. Decrees of Magistrates (Decreta Magistratuum).

5. Sacred and Public Documents (Acta Sacra et Publica).

6. Private Documents (Acta Privata).

7. Wall Inscriptions (Inscriptiones Parietariae).

8. Consular Diptychs (Diptycha Consularia)."

MS. BOOKS, &C.

Books in the making—as compared with ordinary
inscriptions—are capable of great compression or
expansion, and may be said to have a quality of
elasticity. Nearly all other ordinary inscriptions are
set inscriptions (p. 314), requiring a given number of
words to be set out in a given space. But in books,
while it is convenient that the treatment of the
text should conform generally to a chosen size of
page (p. 69), the contents of the page may vary
according to the letter-form and the spacing (pp.
73, 226), and the number of the pages is not
definitely limited, so that another page, or a number

1 p. 224, J. C. Egbert’s “ Introduction to the Study of Latin
Inscriptions,”—1896.

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