We have already explained how in a similar way the names of a few saints, and of the author himself, might have been added to the Felire by a copyist who wished to pay honour to a favourite saint of his own church.
Is this statement that of the copyist or of the original writer?
Titiano, with more mordacity though surely with less discrimination, ridiculed the copyist by a caricature in which the Trojan with his sons were changed to baboons.
Such is the aspiring nature of man, that nothing wounds the copyist more sorely than the suspicion of being thought what he is.
He was, however, the favourite copyist in oil of M.
The imitator rises above the copyist by generalizing the individual to a class; the idealist mounts above the imitator by uniting classes.
The copyist having shown my answer to Moodurris, called Moolla Akbar, he wrote on the margin with great acrimony but little sense.
At the end of the Pentateuch the copyist records that 'the above has been completed, by order of Paymaster Sherwood, for the Rev.
We find in the Folio several passages essential to the sense of the context which do not exist in the Quarto, and which therefore must have been omitted by the negligence of a copyist or printer.
Perhaps in Munchen itself theirCopyist was not known;--for aught I learn, the Copy was made long since, and the Copyist dead.
Hartmann, named as Copyist by the Vienna people, made emphatic public answer: "Never did I copy it, or see it!
It is impossible not to suppose that in the meantime a judgment of some sort was passed, obliging the copyist to appear under his true colours.
He considered himself no more than a workman with a happy thought, when he proposed to replace the lengthy and costly labours of the copyistby a process so much cheaper and so much more expeditious.
It appeared that I had a good writing, and the Duke of Orleans needed another copyist in his office.
The formation of a copy is not solved by the mere pre-existence of an original; the copyist of Raffael's "Transfiguration" must repeat more or less perfectly the process of Raffael.
Kopke suggests[13] that the copyist of this valuable MS.
A note by the copyist says:--"The author has omitted to tell us how these weapons were made.
In this matter, as well as in the arrangement of types, he followed the fashion set by an approved copyist or calligrapher.
The copyist or calligrapher was at liberty to decorate books according to his own fancy.
There was, also, the liability that a hurried copyist would produce inexact copies; that an unscrupulous copyist or seller would issue spurious copies.
This nicety in writing consumed much time, but the medieval copyist was seldom governed by considerations of time or expense.
For a long time the workmanship of the rival arts was kept distinct; the copyist transcribed books, while the printers made images.
But the qualities which commended the paper to the copyist were objectionable to the printer.
A publisher[103] of London recently described and offered for sale a curious old book, partly printed and partly written, which illustrates the close alliance of labor once maintained between the copyist and the engraver.
This copy of the Weekly Meditations is a favorable specimen of the combined workmanship of the copyist and the printer; but it is not the only one.
But the time came when the copyist had to ask help from the printer.
The business of the copyist of cheap books was injured, but the only complaint that I have met came from the copyists of Genoa.
As the seller of one copy was a copyist we may conclude that both copies were written.
It is not probable that any monk who had been educated for the work of a copyist or an illuminator, would forsake his profession for the practice of engraving on wood or printing.
The 'grace of all the Muses' and the breath of the country are fled for ever; the dexterous phrasing of a laborious copyist reigns in their stead.
It is possible that this is due to the ravages of time or to the circumstances of the copyist of our archetype, but consideration of internal evidence points strongly to the conclusion that Valerius died with his work uncompleted.
I owed my copyist exactly five dollars, and, having nothing smaller in bills than tens, I was obliged to pay her with this coin.
She had seen an advertisement for a copyist in one of the daily papers, and, upon answering it in person, succeeded in obtaining the situation with the young lawyer already mentioned.
A pupil of Meir of Rothenburg, named Abraham, a painstaking copyist of holy writings, considered his dwelling in the Holy Land a mark of divine grace.
This post of copyist of music to the cathedral, which appeared to be going begging; why should not he undertake it, if Mr. Williams would give it to him?
He was copyist to the cathedral, and he gave that up last week.
That a person who has been appointed from the copyist register wishes to take the clerk examination for promotion to a place the salary of which is not less than $1,000 per annum.
To test the fitness of applicants for admission to the classified departmental service there shall be examinations as follows: Copyist examination.
The term of eligibility to appointment under the copyist and the clerk examinations shall be one year from the day on which the name of the eligible is entered on the register.
The papers of the copyist and of the clerk examinations shall be marked by the central board; the papers of special and supplementary examinations shall be marked as directed by the Commission.
The copyist (who is my father) has the symphony, because we do not choose it to be copied by any one else, or it might be stolen.
A propos, thecopyist was with us yesterday, and said that he was at that moment engaged in transcribing my opera for the Lisbon court.
The errors of the copyist in the French column you will correct of course.
Botta, copying Marshall, has repeated his error, and so it will be handed on from copyist to copyist, ad infinitum.
As later on, when he comes up with the quarry no hunters are mentioned in any version, I think it probable that they were not in the original, but introduced later by some copyist to account for the boar.
You will then understand that I might well be annoyed, but the fault seems to lie less with Brendel than with the copyist of my manuscript, who has performed his task in a very perfunctory manner.
I have looked out for the copyist you require for your "Nibelungen.
You remember that I wrote to you some time ago that I had at last discovered here an excellent and intelligent copyist for my musical manuscripts.
When you have had enough of "Rhinegold," send it to Chorusmaster Fischer at Dresden, instructing him in my name to give it to the copyist Wolfel, so that he may finish the copy which he has begun.
My copyist works so slowly that there will be plenty of time for you to let me know your wishes.
I have at last found a good copyist to whom I have promised work, and I am anxious to have the copy finished soon,--perhaps for the same reason which induces insects to place their eggs in safety before they die.
Eusebius quotes from a copyist of Africanus, or some unknown copyist of Manetho himself, and his list has been preserved (like that of Africanus) by George the Synkellos, as well as in an Armenian translation.
But to a layman, Mary Beaton's hand seems rather akin to that of the copyist of the Sonnets in the Cambridge MSS.
The hand resembles that of the copyist of the Casket Sonnets in the Cambridge (Lennox) MSS.
He did it with a swift touch and a mellow humor that relieved and refreshed the stately speeches, making the play all the more available and the copyist all the more valuable to the management.
We find that he again resigned his appointment as Copyist at Westminster Abbey, and was succeeded by Edward Braddock, who was one of the Lay Vicars and Master of the Choristers, and also a Gentleman of the Chapels Royal.
Resigned the appointment of copyist at Westminster Abbey.
Giuseppe Simonelli, originally a servant of Giordano, became an accurate copyist of his works, and an excellent imitator of his colouring.
Giuseppe Balestriero, an excellent copyist of the works of Agostino, and a good designer, after painting some pictures, became a priest, and took leave of the art.
It is related that he painted with Raffaello at the Pace, and in the Vatican, and that he became an accomplished copyist of his works, and successfully emulated the style of his master.
An excellent copyist was found in Alessandro Vitali of Urbino, in which city, at the Suore della Torre, is found the Annunciation of Loreto, copied by him in such a manner that it might be taken for the original picture.
His brother, too, Bernardino Cesari, was an excellent copyist of the designs of Bonarruoti, and worked assiduously under the Cav.
Luciano Foti survived them, an excellent copyist of every master, but particularly of Polidoro, whose style he adopted in his own composition.
Some have added to these Beinaschi, but he was only an excellent copyist and imitator, as we shall see in the fourth book.
Still he was an excellent copyist of his father's works, a talent possessed by many others of the same school, whose imitations are easily mistaken for originals, even by professors themselves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "copyist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
