Literary notes about facsimile (AI summary)
Literature employs the term facsimile to denote an exact reproduction of an original document, artwork, or text that preserves every nuanced detail of its source. Authors use it to emphasize the authenticity and historical value of a work, as when a meticulously rendered facsimile of a handwritten letter or manuscript is presented to evoke the aura of the past [1, 2, 3]. In other contexts the word extends beyond mere replicas to capture a mirror-like resemblance in character or style, suggesting an imitation that is both faithful and symbolically charged [4]. Whether in the reproduction of intricate engravings, blueprints, or even personal ephemera, facsimile serves as a bridge connecting modern audiences with lost or fragile heritage, underscoring its continual importance in literary and historical narratives [5, 6, 7].
- Illustrated with facsimile letters and photogravure frontispiece.
— from Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby - Being a Facsimile of the original MS. Book, which was afterwards developed into “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll - First Page of the Manuscript of “El Filibusterismo” Facsimile from the original.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig - I could not help recognizing in her a facsimile of myself, but I concealed my emotion.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Syme an exact facsimile of the blue card which Syme had in his own waistcoat pocket, the symbol of his power from the police.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton - Apicius has no directions for baking, an art that was as highly developed in his days as was cookery BREVIS PIMENTORUM, facsimile, p.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius - CONDIO ; —— MELIRHOMUM, ℞ 2 ; —— ABSINTHIUM ROMANUM, ℞ 3 ; —— PARADOXUM, ℞ 1 ; —— VIOLARUM, ℞ 5 —— Paradoxum, facsimile of Vat.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
