Hi Dawn, The decorative bits around the title are called a cartouche. I call the illustrations around the margins either just that - "illustrations around the margins" or perhaps "decorative border." Rumsey has a bit of a description of cartouches here: http://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2010/2/25/cartouches-decorative-map-titles And wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartouche_(cartography) Regards, -Angie Angie Cope American Geographical Society Library UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] (414)229-6282 / (800)558-8993 (US TOLL FREE) / (414)229-3624 (FAX) 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/agslibrary Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/agslibrary/ ________________________________ From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Dawn Collings <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 4:56 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MAPS-L] What is it called? Title block with artistic drawing Hello All, Researchers asked me if there is a specific term for the artwork on a map. More specifically, they were looking at the illustrations surrounding the title block. Is there a term to describe this feature on a map? Example attached. A follow-up question. It there a term for the artist illustrations which create the margins of a map? Thank you, Dawn Collings Map Assistant --------------------------------------------------- University of California, Davis Map Collection, Shields Library 100 North West Quad Davis, CA 95616 USA (530) 752-9786 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Special Collections Department [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (530)752-1621 -------------------------------------------------