strikings (drawings)

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Scope note
Elaborate flourishes, often resembling animals, humans, or plants, produced by calligraphers to decorate calligraphic works. They were especially common in European copybooks of the 17th and 18th centuries, and were made, or made to look if they were made, with a single unbroken line.
strikings
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024