A decorative frame or graphic ornamentation on or surrounding a map, mainly associated with the title or legend Used frequently on old maps and charts, but rarely used on maps today
An ornamental figure which serves as a frame for an inscription or a decoration within a space which usually has a scroll-like, or an oval or lozenge shape, this figure having a form which is irregular or fantastic A cartouche may be painted, sculpted, engraved, etc Often specifies oblong figures enclosing Egyptian hieroglyphic names of gods and royalty Also much used in the sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe to decorate walls and the title pages of books Another sort of cartouche, a plaque attached to a work of art, its frame or base, and inscribed with the title, artist's name, etc , is often referred to by its Italian name, cartoccio
A scroll-shaped ornament, often carved in stone on a building facade, and sometimes bearing an inscription
A cloudlike design that surrounds a woven signature, date or inscription in a rug
name ring Oval-shaped ring in which the birth and coronation names of pharaoh are inscribed Its function is to magically protect the name of the king Only royalties were allowed to use it, so if we see a cartouche, we can be sure that it contains the name of a king
A plain uncut panel, usually on a watch or clock dial, usually left for engraving
A frame for a hieroglyphic inscription formed by a rope design surrounding an oval space Used to signify a sacred or honored name Also, in architecture, a decorative device or plaque, usually with plain center and rolled or sculpted edges, used for inscriptions or epitaphs
The French language equivalent of the word "cartridge" but also meaning "box" or enclosure, such as an "inspector's cartouche" referring to the boxed inspectors stamp appearing on some guns and headstamps CASE LENGTH - The longest measurement of a cartridge case
Shaped like an oval loop, the cartouche was a way of separating hieroglyphics from the rest of the words that were written Hieroglyphics are written inside the oval, which showed that these symbols stood for a person's name
ornamental panel or tablet, often elliptical, with convex field elaborately bordered
Sign representing an oval loop of rope with the ends bound together, within which the birth and coronation names of the king are inscribed The cartouche was also used for the names of the god Aten and the Divine Votaress in Late Period Thebes
> An ornamental panel, engraved or chased, usually asymmetrical and with a scroll edge, often enclosing a coat-of-arms, a crest or a monogram
An inscription panel on a carpet, usually referring to the person who commissioned it, the maker, or the date of production
{i} decorative frame used to frame an inscription or design; rounded or elliptical figure framing the inscription of a god's or ruler's name (Egyptology); bullet cartridge made from heavy paper
{i} decorative frame used to frame an inscription or design; rounded or elliptical figure framing the inscription of a god's or ruler's name (Egyptology); bullet cartridge made from heavy paper
A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form