handgeschöpftem

English translation: hand made

09:04 Nov 7, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: handgeschöpftem
to do with book printing/ binding Folioband gebunden in einem repräsentetiven Halbledereinband des späten 18. Jahrhunderts auf fünf erhabenen Bünden geheftet mit handgeschöpftem Buntpapierüberzug auf den Dek-keln und Lederecken
EsmeJ
English translation:hand made
Explanation:
My guess is that it means 'hand made'.

Schöpfen means to create, so handgeschöpft (even not a common term) would mean it was made by hand.
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Silke Namuth (X)
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Local time: 11:59
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4 +1hand made
Silke Namuth (X)
5handmade
Alexander Schleber (X)
5deckle-edged paper
Ulrike Lieder (X)
5hand-made
Ingrid Grzeszik
4handmade
athena22
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hand made


Explanation:
My guess is that it means 'hand made'.

Schöpfen means to create, so handgeschöpft (even not a common term) would mean it was made by hand.


    educated guess...
Silke Namuth (X)
Germany
Local time: 11:59
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 19

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agree  Andrew Morgan: Its common in an arty crafty context
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handmade


Explanation:
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athena22
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handmade


Explanation:
Paper used to be made by ladling a fibrous liquid over a kind of sieve, whereby a flat surface of paper fibres was created, and then letting this dry.


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Alexander Schleber (X)
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Forgot to include this for you:


Explanation:
bound with a handmade colored-paper cover

athena22
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deckle-edged paper


Explanation:
or deckle-edge paper or handmade paper

A type of paper with a torn effect along the natural, untrimmed edge of a sheet
[Koschnick]

HTH


    Koschnick, Standard W�rterbuch f�r Werbung, Massenmedien und Marketing
Ulrike Lieder (X)
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hand-made


Explanation:
see reference


    Reference: http://www.sewanee.edu/chem/Chem&Art/Detail_Pages/Projects_1...
Ingrid Grzeszik
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PRO pts in pair: 139
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