Literary notes about ectype (AI summary)
The term "ectype" in literature is used to denote a reproduction or copy, emphasizing the idea of something modeled after an original. In one instance [1], it is directly associated with the notion of a copy, highlighting its function as a duplicate rather than an authentic artifact. In another context [2], the word is applied to describe the representation of a silver coin connected with Peter de Savoy, thus extending its use to tangible objects and suggesting that the coin itself is viewed as an imitation of an earlier standard or model.
- 57 ectype] Not uncommon even later for 'copy'.
— from Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol. III - There is the Ectype of a Silver Coin of Peter de Savoy , (who erected in England the noble Pile of that Name in the Strand , temp.
— from The History of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by Elias Ashmole
