单词 | autography |
释义 | autographyn. 1. The action of writing in one's own hand; a person's handwriting. Now rare.In figurative context in quot. 1644. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > own handwriting handwriting1421 autography1644 chirography1655 autograph1817 holography1827 autogram1862 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 82 By the old autography of the Hand. 1678 G. Harvey Casus Medico-chirurgicus 49 All these following Prescripts are transcribed exactly from the autography of their Bills. 1723 S. Mather Vindic. Holy Bible vi. i. 384 The date of the Autography. 1799 E. Du Bois Piece Family Biogr. II. vi. 119 Rurigenous cook-maids, and automatical bankers' clerks may take care of their autography. 1841 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. Nov. 226/2 We see..in Professor Anthon's autography, each and all of the known idiosyncrasies of his taste and intellect. 1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. xlvii Every expert would here detect the autography of the Son of Jesse. 2004 B. Suchoff B. Bartók v. 82 Corrections, additions, and extensions were made in blue ink..with an autography considerably less neat in appearance. 2. = autobiography n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > types of biography > autobiography or memoirs story1533 autography1661 memoirs1676 idiographya1734 self-biography1796 autobiography1797 reminiscence1797 autobiog1829 autobio1856 auto1881 curriculum vitae1902 biodata1947 vita1949 c.v.1971 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing A viij b Nor doth the last Scene yield us any more satisfaction in our autography, for we are as ignorant how the Soul leaves the light, as how it first came into it. 1914 P. A. Martin in tr. M. de Oliveira Lima Evol. of Brazil 145 Minha Formacão.., a delightful autography. 3. A handwritten manuscript or musical score; these considered collectively. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] handOE scripturea1400 writing1440 written hand1520 hand write1568 handwriting1571 written hand1580 write1591 calligraphy1645 penmanship1695 hand of write1700 manuscript1771 autography1787 calography1803 calligraph1831 script1834 chirography1838 scription1846 hand lettering1864 back-hand1885 1787 J. Edwards Catal. Select. Coll. Bks. 8 (title) British autography, a collection of fac similes of the hand writing of royal and illustrious personages. ?1825 S. Wesley (title) The words by..Charles Wesley..; set to music by George Frederick Handel; faithfully transcribed from his autography. 1921 H. E. Krehbiel tr. A. W. Thayer Life Beethoven II. viii. 151 In the late Gustav Petter's Collection of Autography..is a sketchbook of Beethoven's. 4. The art or process of making facsimiles by transfer-lithography, in which a drawing, writing, etc., is transferred from paper to stone (or occasionally some other medium, as metal) for printing.Often used as a method of printing musical scores. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > lithography > [noun] > types of autography1828 chromolithography1839 lithochromatography1843 lithochrysography1845 lithochromatic1846 lithochrome1854 oleography1870 autolithography1874 lithochromy1885 tin printing1887 typo-etching1888 transfer-lithography1897 EUV1995 1828 Franklin Jrnl. June 406 It would be a great triumph for autography if we could substitute metallic plates for stones, which, until the present time, have alone been successfully used. 1865 Message President U.S. to Congr. (U.S. Dept. of State) 29 Machines and apparatus employed in stereotyping, mezzotinting, autography, lithography [etc.]. 1885 Lithographer & Printer 24 Jan. 114/1 By the term autography we designate..everything that is written with lithographic tushe on transfer paper in order to enable it to be transferred to the lithographic stone. 1922 U.S. Official Postal Guide July 139 The following are..allowed to pass..at the reduced postage:..all impressions or copies obtained upon paper, parchment, or cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, autography, [etc.]. 1992 A. Kent et al. Encycl. Computer Sci. & Technol. XXVII. 96 Music typewriters provide an alternative to engraving and autography. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1644 |
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