This page is part of the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories: a description of the Information Categories that can be used when developing records about the objects in museum collections. For an outline of the Information Groups and Categories in the Guidelines, turn to the introductory list.
Purpose:
Object title information supports Security, Access, and an Historic archive. Often the primary identification of fine art and other high value objects, the Object title is essential for describing such collections. It is also a primary point of access to object information for all types of users.
Information categories:
Title
Title type
Title
translation
Examples:
Title: Las
Meninas
Title type: artist's title
Title translation: The Maids
in Waiting
Title: The Maids of Honor
Title type: popular
title
Title: Madonna and child
Title type: iconographic title
Notes:
Definition:
The name assigned to an object or group of objects by the artist/creator or collector at the time of origin or subsequent titles either specifically assigned or generally understood to refer to the object.
Examples:
Madonna and Child
Untitled
Notes:
Definition:
The nature of the Title recorded.
Examples:
collection
artist's
popular
series
trade
Notes:
Definition:
A translation of the Title recorded.
Examples:
Le Grand Lit de Ware
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file: guidetit.htm; author: CIDOC; updated June 1995