Generally, a cartouche is the background ornament that encloses a legend, scale bar or title on a map.
More specifically, it's a symbol in Egyptian hieroglyphs—the oval around a king's name, if I remember right.
Generally, a cartouche is the background ornament that encloses a legend, scale bar or title on a map.
More specifically, it's a symbol in Egyptian hieroglyphs—the oval around a king's name, if I remember right.
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