![]() One leaf of a manuscript volume, with both the front ( recto) and back ( verso) sides available as writing spaces also the size of page formed by folding a standard sheet of parchment or paper once, bigger than quarto or octavoĪ number of folios, placed on top of each other, with a fold in the middle, forming a booklet. The side of a sheet of vellum or parchment which had been the inside of the animal skinĭecorative feature on a manuscript page, drawn with pen and inkīlank sheet of parchment or paper placed immediately inside the binding and before the main text of a manuscript The action of arranging a number of quires or gatherings into book form also the technical description or statement of how gatherings are arranged in the bookīound manuscript made up of separate manuscripts not originally intended to be gathered togetherĪ version of a text used as the basis for another copy, written out by a scribe Manuscript volume, made of leaves ( folios) sewn together and bound with a cover The first word of the following page on a new quire, written at the bottom of the preceding page to assist in gathering the quires accurately for binding Called ‘blind’ because no inks or colours are usedĭesign drawn around the writing space in a manuscript Method of pressing or embossing a design onto leather using unheated metal tools. Solid decorative border extending around three or four sides of the writing space in a manuscript A more extensive glossary of terms used in the description of illuminated manuscripts is available on the British Library website.
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