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- Fac simile is a Latin phrase meaning “make alike.” English speakers began using facsimile to mean “an exact copy” in the late 1600s. In this sense, a facsimile might be a handwritten or hand-drawn copy, or even a copy of a painting or statue. (Today, we also use the phrase “a reasonable facsimile” for a copy that is fairly close but not exact.)
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A facsimile (from Latin fac simile, "to make alike") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible. It differs from other forms of reproduction by attempting to replicate the source as accurately as possible in scale, color, condition ...
A facsimile is intended to be a replica rather than a copy; facsimiles reproduce the form of a text rather than just the content.
May 8, 2019 · Be that as it may, a facsimile is of course never a perfect copy. It is a kind of simulacrum. And both terms, fac-simile and simul-acrum, have a common stem, meaning ‘as’ or ‘as if’. The Latin word simulacrum has interesting meanings: semblance, imagination, phantasm, shadow, ghost.
- Mats Dahlström
- mats.dahlstrom@hb.se
- 2019
A facsimile is the faithful reproduction (an exact copy) of a manuscript, or printed book. Faithful reproduction obviously means to display in the facsimile all visible characteristics of the original work – vibrant colours, gold and silver, but also age marks or irregularities.
Deriving from the Latin fac simile (‘make similar’), the term ‘facsimile’ means an exact copy, representation, or reproduction of a piece of writing or printing, imitating in every detail the ...
an exact copy, esp. of a document. A facsimile is also a fax.
