Autograph
B-A-C-H is beginning and end of all music", signed autograph document by Max Reger
(dated 7 May 1912)
An autograph is a person's own handwriting or signature. The word autograph comes from Ancient Greek (αὐτός, autós, "self" and γράφω, gráphō, "write"), and can mean more specifically:[1][2]
- a
- a celebrity's handwritten signature.[2] Autograph collecting is the activity of collecting such autographs.[1]
History
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What might be considered the oldest "autograph" is a Sumerian clay table from about 3100 BC which includes the name of the scribe Gar.Ama. No ancient written autographs have been found, and the earliest one known for a major historical figure is that of El Cid from 1098.[4]
Autograph manuscript
"Autograph" can refer to a
holograph".[3]
Celebrity's signature
See also
- Asemic writing – Wordless open semantic form of writing
- Profiles in History – Auction house in Los Angeles, California
- Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence, stone blocks with depicted signatures
- Autograph show
- Law of agency#Allograph – Person representing another person in legal matters, and the laws enabling this, specifically a signature made by an agent on behalf of a principal
References
- ^ a b c d e Thompson, Edward Maunde (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–47.
- ^ ISBN 0-87779-206-2
- ^ ISBN 9781315452807.
- ISBN 9780195069556– via Google Books.
- ^ "Collection: Autograph Collection | USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections ArchivesSpace". archives.lib.usf.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
Further reading
- Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts by Charles Hamilton, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1961, 269 pages.
- Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector's Manual edited by Ed Berkeley, Charles Scribner's Sons Pub., 1978, 565 pages.
- T.J. Brown's series on Autographs in The Book Collector.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Autographs.
- The Autograph at the HathiTrust Digital Library(early 20th-century periodical, full view)
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