INTELLECTUAL ORDER: Inventory and Cataloging
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To catalog this Mannerist print - or even to inventory it in a satisfactory way - one would have to know who the engraver (who signed his name solely with the monogram) was. 
 
6½" x 8¾"

G.K.Nagler's Die Monogrammisten (Munich: Georg Franz, 1858) indicates that the engraver is Jan de Bisschop, known as Johannes Episcopius. 

from Die Monogrammisten (Munich: Georg Franz, 1858)

In the card inventory of volume 12 (below), from which this print is taken, the whole range of Bisschop prints is listed as "not identified." 

A letter code evaluating the quality of each of the prints is assigned by the appropriate curator. The following letters might be used: 

    • "A" Print or drawing of highest value
    • "B" Print or drawing of aesthetic, monetary, or historical interest
    • "C" A good print
    • "D" An undistinguished print
Another letter code evaluating the condition of each of the prints is assigned by the curator or conservator. The following letters might be used: 
    • "W" Condition good to optimum
    • "X" Small folds or tears/minor staining Minimum conservation needed
    • "Y" Extensive folding, tearing/badly stained
    • "Z" Ruined state
Inventory is created in a computer database. 
"A," "B," and "C" prints are cataloged with full information for the "A" and "B" prints and minimal information for the "C" prints. 
"D" prints are inventoried only and are not cataloged.
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