If my mind retained a tenth of the information that passes through it, my brain would implode

[startredder]

Another query for the all-knowing internet. Amy already tried to give me a hand with this pressing and deeply important question, but I didn't want to strain the boundaries of her recently cut up and drugged mind.

Note the Wikipedia article on moldings. Is there an equivalent word for the paper equivalent of that? Or when one has a piece of

Comments

[nyonyo]

I'm not entirely sure what you're getting at, but for paper, do you maybe mean embossing?

[startredder]

No ... that's not the thing either ... blast. I'm /positive/ there's a word for what I'm thinking of. Like, if you have a border on a piece of paper that goes all off into swirlies and leaves and other decorative bits. Like on a manuscript or something ...

Am I hallucinating words again? Sadface.

[psx_grand_tour]

Words That Probably Aren't What You're Thinking Of:

Watermark
Border
Ninjas
Spoon
Petition
Adornment
Edging
Frill
Garnish
Ornamentation
Banding
Filigree
Circumscription
Arabesque

I would really go with arabesque or circumscription. Dictionary.com will tell you if I'm on the right or wrong track

[cmdr_jicama]

ya, generally it's just called a border. for old manuscripts it's illumination.