Literary notes about Inscribed (AI summary)
In literature, the term inscribed is frequently used to describe the act of engraving or marking permanence onto man-made objects and even abstract ideas. Its usage connotes a sense of lasting legacy and authority—whether it is the name of a renowned architect etched onto a building to commemorate achievement [1], mystical or divine messages carved onto sacred relics [2], or the quiet declaration of identity on a tomb or monument [3]. In these varied contexts, being inscribed transforms words or symbols into powerful reminders of cultural, religious, or personal histories, as when a figure of a dragon finds its emblem emblazoned on banners [4] or when cryptic texts are immortalized on ancient tablets [5].
- The other had inscribed on it the name of the architect, Mr. J. G. Howard, with a list of other churches erected in Upper Canada under his direction.
— from Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding - "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much" were inscribed upon the Delphic oracle.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson - And on his tomb the following epigrams were inscribed.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius - Several of the Plantagenet kings and princes inscribed a figure of the dragon on their banners and shields.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway - In both of these it is the receptacle of the ark, on which the ineffable name is inscribed.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey
