术语“藏书章”的详细信息

英译术语:

book collecting seal

汉语语境:

历代学者或藏书家对所收藏的书籍往往加以考证，并于题识之外钤盖自己的图章印记，称为“藏章”，即藏书章，它是藏书者用以表明图书所有权和表达其个性情趣的一种印迹。藏书章始自唐代。据说，唐太宗自己书写“贞观”二字作连珠印用于御藏书画，印文虽系年号，实是藏章之始。明清之际，随着藏书日盛，使用藏书章的风气也日益浓厚，并形成较为固定的格式，广受文人学者和书香之家的喜爱。

英语语境:

Historians or book collectors would like to do some textual research on the books collected by them and signet their own seal by the side of the marks, which is called “collecting seal”, i.e., “book collecting seal”. It is a kind of sign showing the ownership and the temperament and interest of the collector. Book collecting seal originated from Tang dynasty. It was said that Emperor Taizong of Tang dynasty made a Lianzhu seal with the two Chinese characters “Zhenguan” he wrote for the collection of paintings and calligraphy works. Although the signet was the reign title, it actually marked the beginning of the collecting seal. During the period of Ming and Qing dynasties, with the flourish of the collection of books, the use of book collecting seals was becoming increasingly popular and a fixed type of book collecting seal was formed, which was loved by literati and scholars.