(n.) An original or model after which anything is copied\; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.

Geistesgeschichte Hegelian idea Kantian idea Platonic form Platonic idea aesthetic form analogue ancestor antecedent antetype antitype archetype art form biotype build cast classic classic example complex idea configuration conformation criterion cut epitome eternal object eternal universal example exemplar fashion figuration figure first foregoer form formal cause format formation frame fugleman fugler genotype genre highest category history of ideas ideal idealism ideate ideatum idee-force illustration imitatee impression innate idea inner form innovation instance layout lead make makeup masterpiece masterwork matrix metaphor mirror modality mode model mold mould new departure noosphere norm noumenon original paradigm paragon pattern pattern of perfection percept pilot model precedent precursor predecessor quintessence referent regulative first principle representative rule sample set shape significant form simple idea stamp standard structure style subsistent form the Absolute the Absolute Idea the Self-determined the realized ideal transcendent idea transcendent nonempirical concept transcendent universal turn type type species type specimen universal universal concept universal essence urtext very model