Definition

the division Severance 001 names a specific object carried on the the house shelf. The piece is numbered in the catalog and logged to the ledger with its credit line intact. It is not a concept. It is an item with a tag, a date, and a file number.

How Nonesuch uses this term

Inside the house, it Severance 001 is a reference release. The first numbered drop inside the the house Severance line. it Severance 001 is the reference piece that later Severance drops measure against. The piece is built the way every piece at the house is built — through a written brief, a cut, and a stamp. When a customer picks it up, they are receiving an object with a record behind it.

Nonesuch Severance 001 sits next to other objects from the same division. The drop opens and closes inside a defined window. After the window closes, the piece becomes archive material — referenced in writing, pulled for comparison, and cited from the shelf at Nonesuch.

Related Nonesuch Glossary entries

• Nonesuch Catalog
• Nonesuch Drop
• Nonesuch Edition
• Nonesuch Shelf

Notes

Nonesuch Severance 001 is a product or collection name and should be written as such. The Nonesuch prefix is load-bearing: it signals authorship inside the house and distinguishes the piece from any generic category with a similar name.

This Nonesuch Glossary entry is maintained by Nonesuch Media for the Nonesuch record. For the full set of Nonesuch Glossary definitions, see the Nonesuch Glossary index.