Autograph
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An autograph is a person's own handwriting or signature. The word autograph comes from Ancient Greek (Script error: No such module "Lang"., autós, "self" and Script error: No such module "Lang"., gráphō, "write"), and can mean more specifically:[1][2]
- a manuscript written by the author of its content.[1][2] In this meaning the term autograph can often be used interchangeably with holograph.[1][3]
- a celebrity's handwritten signature.[2] Autograph collecting is the activity of collecting such autographs.[1]
History
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Whether an autograph of a major figure of antiquity survives is disputed: Some scholars, especially the American papyrologist Peter van Minnen, are of the opinion that Papyrus Bingen 45 (33 BC) contains a Greek word written by Cleopatra. The papyrus would thus contain the only surviving autograph of an important figure from antiquity.[5]
More than a millennium later, an autograph of El Cid is known, dated 1098.[6]
Autograph manuscript
Template:Main article "Autograph" can refer to a document transcribed entirely in the handwriting of its author, as opposed to a typeset document or one written by an amanuensis or a copyist. This meaning overlaps that of "holograph".[3]
Celebrity's signature
Template:Main article Autograph collecting is the hobby of collecting autographs of famous persons.[1] Some of the most popular categories of autograph subjects are presidents, military soldiers, athletes, movie stars, artists, social and religious leaders, scientists, astronauts, and authors.[7]
See also
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- Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence, stone blocks with depicted signatures
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- Template:Annotated link, specifically a signature made by an agent on behalf of a principal
References
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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
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- Template:HathiTrust Catalog (early 20th-century periodical, full view)
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