# Creators (formerly Authors)

### Catalogued material

Author/s for catalogued material will be exported from fields 100 and 700 in Sierra. No input from the Inventory team is required.

### Uncatalogued material

For uncatalogued material, we have the option to record authorship. In compliance with Wellcome’s Cataloguing Guidelines, please record the name of the actual maker (e.g. engraver) in the 100 field. Use field 700 for the ‘inventor’, or painter of the original image.

If unsure just use one of the two fields (ideally 700) and separate multiple people’s names with a semicolon.

People’s names should be recorded in the following format: Surname, forename and if they have a title this should be added in brackets after the forename.

e.g. Abberbury, John (Sir)

For surnames that include prefixes (e.g. van, der, de la), LC convention is for the prefix to be included in the first name, e.g:

1. Gogh, Vincent van.
2. Humboldt, Alexander von.
3. Vega, Garcilaso de la.

### Common terminology found on prints

The names of creators and their relationship to an object will often be present on a print, generally written in Latin. The name of the original artist is traditionally on the left of the image, the details of the printmaker is found on the right. Commonly found terms include:

* **Pinx. / Pinxit / Ping.** = painted by
* **Del. / Delt. / Delin. / Delineavit** = drawn by
* **Inv. / Invenit.** = designed by
* **Des. / Desig**. = designer
* **F. / Fec. / Fac. / Fecit.** = made by
* **Sc. / Sculp. / Sculpsit.** = engraved by
* **Exc. / Excudit.** = published by
* **Imp. / Impressit.** = printed by
* **Lithog.** = lithographer

**Print abbreviations:** <https://www.delineavit.nl/wp-content/uploads/Terms-in-print-addresses.pdf>
