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===Usage notes===
===Usage notes===
Up to the 1870s, book illustrations required two steps: the artist drawing the design on paper, and then an engraver translating it to wood. The artist's name was often signed with "del." (for ''[[delineavit]]''), and "sc." or "sculp." for ''sculpsit''.
Up to the 1870s, book illustrations required two steps: the artist drawing the design on paper, and then an engraver translating it to wood. The artist's name was often signed with "del." (for ''[[delineavit]]''), and "sc." or "sculp." for ''sculpsit''.<ref>http://www.unz.org/Pub/BookmanUK-1933feb-00436?View=PDF</ref>

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Revision as of 04:15, 28 April 2012

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sculpsit

  1. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular perfect active indicative of sculpō

Usage notes

Up to the 1870s, book illustrations required two steps: the artist drawing the design on paper, and then an engraver translating it to wood. The artist's name was often signed with "del." (for delineavit), and "sc." or "sculp." for sculpsit.[1]

References