Folio

Folio

A book or manuscript that consists of large sheets (around a foot or more in height) of paper folded once to make the sequence of pages; the term may also be used to indicate one such page in a volume, with its verso being the page seen on the right hand side of a two-page spread, and recto the opposite side (i.e. Seen on the left of the subsequent spread).

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folio

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript. Also, a volume having pages of the largest size, formerly made from such a sheet. Also, a ...

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Art history; Visual arts

A book or manuscript that consists of large sheets (around a foot or more in height) of paper folded once to make the sequence of pages; the term may also be used to indicate one ...

folio

Education; SAT vocabulary

A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.

folio

Printing & publishing; Manufacturing; Paper; Paper production

Refers to sheet size 17x22 or larger. Also, page numbers.

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Library & information science; Library

An oversized book, too large for normal shelving. Folio call numbers begin with an F. ; for example, F. 912 R15C (The Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide). Folios are generally ...

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An itemized record of a guest's charges and credits, which is maintained in the front office until departure. Also referred to as a guest bill, guest folio, and/or guest ...

anti-art

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Works that seek to undermine prevailing standards for the form or content of anything considered “art,” first used to describe the practices and works of the dada movement that ...

daguerreotype

Art history; Visual arts

The earliest form of commercial photographic print, developed in the mid-nineteenth century in paris by louis j. M. Daguerre, which fixes a positive image on a copper plate coated ...

classical

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Most specifically, this term designates the 5th and 4th centuries bce in greece and the works produced then and there, though it has come to be used of greek and roman antiquity ...

critic

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In relation to art, a person who describes and evaluates, or otherwise judges artworks according to some criteria; somewhat distinct from a connoisseur, who asserts a sensitivity ...

architrave

Art history; Visual arts

The lintel in classical architecture, or that which spans two columns at the top and forms the lowest part of the entablature.

codex

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codex, a manuscript consisting of multiple handwritten pages, thus a set of texts in handwriting,

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