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• Colophon — Col o*phon (k[o^]l [ o]*f[o^]n), n. [L. colophon finishing stroke, Gr. kolofw n; cf. L. culmen top, collis hill. Cf. {Holm}.] An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer s name, etc., formerly placed …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Colophon (publishing) — This article is about publishing colophons. For other uses, see Colophon (disambiguation). In publishing, a colophon is either: A brief description of publication or production notes relevant to the edition, in modern books usually located at the …   Wikipedia

• Page (paper) — A page is one side of a leaf of paper. It can be used as a measurement of documenting or recording quantity ( that topic covers twelve pages ).The page in typographyIn a book, the on the left side is called the verso page and the page on the… …   Wikipedia

• COLOPHON — COLOPHON, inscription at the end of a manuscript, of a book or part of a book written by the copyist, in which he records details of his work. Colophons were not added to every manuscript, and many of them have been lost because usually the last… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Colophonian — 1. adjective /kɒləˈfəʊnɪən/ Of or pertaining to the Lydian city of Colophon.<ref name= OED /> We know that the Colophonian poet Xenophanes narrated the history of his native land, and that in a poem of two thousand lines he also set forth… …   Wiktionary

• col|o|phon — «KOL uh fon, fuhn», noun. 1. a small design or device of a publisher formerly placed on the last page of a book, but now on the title page or the spine: »The volume was uninjured and entire from title page to colophon (Scott). 2. an inscription… …   Useful english dictionary

• Charyapada — Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal History Timeline · Councils …   Wikipedia

• Steven Mierdman — (c. 1510 Hooge Mierde 1559 Emden) was among the most important Dutch printers of Reformation books. Mierdman, also known as Stephen Mierdman, Steven Mierdmans, Stephen Myerdmann, and Steven Mierman, first printed in Antwerp from 1542 c. 1546,… …   Wikipedia

• Mycroft & Moran — colophon for Mycroft Moran designed by Ronald Clyne. Mycroft Moran was an imprint of Arkham House publishers and was created in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1945. The imprint was created to publish weird detective stories and the Solar Pons stories by …   Wikipedia

• INCUNABULA — Introduction The term incunabula (or cradle books ) denotes books printed before 1500, including broadsheets, or other typographical products printed from letterpress composed of movable type. The first book known to be printed by Gutenberg in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• typography — /tuy pog reuh fee/, n. 1. the art or process of printing with type. 2. the work of setting and arranging types and of printing from them. 3. the general character or appearance of printed matter. [1635 45; < NL typographia, equiv. to Gk týpo(s)… …   Universalium