ectype

plural ectypes

1. An impression (in wax, clay, &c.) of a seal or medal.

   Peireskius sent the Ectype of a Medal to Sir Robert Cotton, in which Britannia was with both a double and single N.

   1697, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Of Inscriptions”, in Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke […], →OCLC, page 196

2. architectureAn object in relievo or embossed.
3. human sciencesA copy, reproduction; especially as contrasted with the original, archetype, or prototype.

   The painting traces itself from itself by suddenly appearing in these ectypes. But the ectypes only mark the final accomplishment of this sudden appearance.

   2004, Jean-Luc Marion, translated by James K. A. Smith, The Crossing of the Visible, page 38

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   If my account is correct, both archetypes and ectypes are 'real' insofar as they are composed of ideas of sensation. But I draw a distinction that Johnson does not acknowledge, viz., a distinction between ontological and epistemic ectypes.

   2001, Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review, numbers 170-172, page 30

   It is likely that little attention has been paid to the archetype/ectype relationship in Kant scholarship in the English speaking world partly as a result of inconsistent translations of the German terms “Urbild” and “Nachbild” that make it difficult to even notice the relationship.

   2008, Ryan L. Showler, Archetypal and Ectypal Ideals in Kant's Practical Philosophy, page 51

4. An idea or impression that corresponds to external reality.