Concept / Handheld book
Handheld book
A bound set of pages held by a person in one or both hands
A bound set of pages held by a person in one or both hands.
Teenage boy
Both languages share the English example images. Japanese prompts are the recorded translations.
A phrase to start with
Adds the visible form of a book held in a person's hands.
Appearance and effects
A bound set of pages is visibly supported in one or both of a person's hands.
Visual traits
- hand-held support
- bound pages
- book form
Expected changes
- The person is more likely to read as holding a book in one or both hands
Five examples
1 — A neutral person standing with empty hands against a plain background
The standard dog comparison motif has no hands for holding a book, so it is replaced with a neutral person who pre-stages neither a book nor reading.
One neutral person standing against a plain background with both hands empty and no indicated book, paper, reading, text, or role.
- One neutral person with no indicated role.
- A state with both hands empty.
2 — A neutral person standing with empty hands against a plain background
The standard cat comparison motif has no hands for holding a book, so it is replaced with a neutral person who pre-stages neither a book nor reading.
One neutral person standing against a plain background with both hands empty and no indicated book, paper, reading, text, or role.
- One neutral person with no indicated role.
- A state with both hands empty.
3 — Teenage boy
Open image ↗4 — A neutral person standing with empty hands against a plain background
The standard unoccupied-room comparison motif is an unoccupied interior with no holder, so it is replaced with a neutral person who can hold a book without pre-staging a book or reading.
One neutral person standing against a plain background with both hands empty and no indicated book, paper, reading, text, or role.
- One neutral person with no indicated role.
- A state with both hands empty.
5 — A neutral person standing with empty hands against a plain background
The standard landscape comparison motif has no person to hold a book, so it is replaced with a neutral person who pre-stages neither a book nor reading.
One neutral person standing against a plain background with both hands empty and no indicated book, paper, reading, text, or role.
- One neutral person with no indicated role.
- A state with both hands empty.
Meaning and scope
Definition
A handheld book is a bound set of pages held by a person in one or both hands. It does not determine reading, textual content, language, education, religion, occupation, age, culture, or a narrative role.
In more detail
It concerns an arrangement in which a book is supported in a person's hand. Whether the book is open or closed, being read, or visibly lettered remains unspecified. It is distinct from a book on a shelf, text in the image, education or religious practice, and an intellectual character image, and it does not infer a title, language, content, or owner.
Includes
- A bound set of pages held by a person in one or both hands
Excludes
- Reading, textual content, language, education, religion, occupation, age, culture, or a narrative role
- A book on a shelf, text in the image, or an inference about the owner
What this does not imply
- Reading, textual content, language, education, religion, occupation, age, culture, or a narrative role
Variability
Open or closed state, orientation, size, title, text, content, and the person's action can be adjusted separately.
Usage and adjustments
Usage
- Use it as a book held in a person's hands without automatically adding reading, content, or cultural meaning
Distinguish similar expressions
- Specify open or closed state, text, title, content, reading, language, education, or religion separately only when needed
Typical uses
- Add a book held in a person's hands while adjusting its content or reading action separately
Possible failure modes
- Reading or studying is added as a required action
- The result is fixed as a religious book, a particular language, or content without support
- The book is not held in the hand and becomes only a placed object
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