Dedicatĭon

Dedicatĭon

Dedicatĭon (v. lat.), 1) Einweihung, s. Dedicatio; 2) Zueignung einer Schrift od. eines [791] Kunstwerkes an eine Person, wodurch man seine Achtung, Liebe etc. gegen dieselbe an den Tag zu legen sucht. Schon im Alterthum gebräuchlich. Schriften über D., außer von Janin, Silberrath u. Jonathan Swift: J. G. Walch, De dedicationibus librorum vet. Latin., Lpz. 1715; Tacki, De dedicat. libr., Wolfenb. 1733.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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