ectype

Noun

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. […],...
2. An object in relievo or embossed.
3. A copy, reproduction; especially as contrasted with the original, archetype, or prototype.
   • 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...
   • 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...
   • 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...
4. An idea or impression that corresponds to external reality.