cartouche
1. An elaborate style of decoration popular in
Italy about the middle of the 16th century. The
decoration consists of elaborately interlaced
fillets filling the entire field of the covers,
and sometimes accompanied by arabesques, worked in
a single line with tools cut in the shapes of
flowers. 2. A term meaning literally a scroll or
paper with the ends rolled up, bearing the title,
and sometimes other information, pertaining to a
book. 3. A frame, either plain or decorative, or a
scroll, in which the title, name of the
cartographer, and other particulars of a map are
placed. The cartouche usually appears in a corner
of the map, and in old maps it was frequently
decorated with scenes, animals, armorial designs,
etc. 4. A small rectangular ornament usually found
on a ROLL (1) ,
formed by one or more lines, generally with a
plain center. (94 ,
234 , 250 )
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