Terminology
Stuttgart, 1st July 2008
Dr. Erwin Frauenknecht (Stuttgart)
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Watermark description standard
Piccard-Online: Internal problems WILC – Piccard-Online Thesaurus - Component model Thesaurus – Briquet
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Piccard-Online: Internal problems
„Vierfüßer“: Tetrapod – quadruped
„Vielfüßer“: Multiped - polyped
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Ox Bull
Rod consisting in two lines Double line
Above cross Above latin cross
St. Anthony´s cross or T Letter Tau
Cross/leaf consisting in two lines Quatrefoil
Cross consisting in two lines Double line cross
Formy cross Maltese cross
Leaf/flower/tree [...] four-leaved Leaf/flower/tree [...] four-petalled
Horn, turned 90 degrees Horn, vertical
Paschal lamb, straight orientated Paschal lamb, horizontal
Cloverleaf four-leaved Quatrefoil
Cloverleaf trifoliate Trefoil
Conch Shell
With eight rays Eight-pointed
With six rays Six-pointed
Luminary, moon Luminary, crescent
WILC – Piccard-Online
Changes in Piccard-Online
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Changes WILC – PO
WILC
vertical
Piccard-Online
Turned 90˚ degrees
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PO 125298
Cross – letter Tau – without additional motif – turned 90 degrees
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PO 26946
Letter B – majuscle without angularity – turned 90 degrees – cross or star issuant out of the middle
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PO 43030
Serpent, consisting in one line, turned 90 degrees, wide winding
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Thesaurus and Component Model
Component model Thesaurus
elongated to the jaw elongated to the mouth
Stem rod
bevel oblique
2-lobed flower or leaf two-petalled
4-lobed flower or leaf quatrefoil / four-petalled
templar´s cross maltese cross
Threefoil trefoil
Brokeness brokenness / angularity
Curl Not yet in Thesaurus
Alignment Not yet in Thesaurus
Lateral Not yet in Thesaurus
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Thesaurus and Briquet
Comparison with the main motif groups (first level) in Briquet
35 new terms Example
Basilic (Briquet) – basilisk (Thesaurus) – cockatrice (Piccard-Online)
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PO 33482
Stick – with additional motif – Staff of Basel – with house and cockatrice
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