Difference between revisions of "Quire"
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| − | + | "One-twentieth of a ream of paper, or 25 sheets (sometimes 24 sheets plus an outside sheet) in the case of a 500-sheet ream, or 24 sheets in the case of a 480-sheet ream. 2. A gathering (section), particularly when unfolded (i.e., printed but unfolded). A quire was originally a gathering of 4 sheets, forming 8 leaves or 16 pages after one folding."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. [http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt2766.html "Quire"]. ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology''. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 2 September 2014.</ref> | |
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* [[gathering]] | * [[gathering]] | ||
* [[section]] | * [[section]] | ||
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==Translations for "quire"== | ==Translations for "quire"== | ||
* Chinese: [[配页]]<ref name="Goethe"> [http://www.goethe.de/ins/cn/hon/bib/bes/enindex.htm Glossary on paper restoration]. Goethe-Institut Hongkong, 2013. Web.</ref>, [[配帖]]<ref name="Goethe" />, [[位置]]<ref name="Goethe" /> | * Chinese: [[配页]]<ref name="Goethe"> [http://www.goethe.de/ins/cn/hon/bib/bes/enindex.htm Glossary on paper restoration]. Goethe-Institut Hongkong, 2013. Web.</ref>, [[配帖]]<ref name="Goethe" />, [[位置]]<ref name="Goethe" /> | ||
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Contents
English
Noun
Definition
"One-twentieth of a ream of paper, or 25 sheets (sometimes 24 sheets plus an outside sheet) in the case of a 500-sheet ream, or 24 sheets in the case of a 480-sheet ream. 2. A gathering (section), particularly when unfolded (i.e., printed but unfolded). A quire was originally a gathering of 4 sheets, forming 8 leaves or 16 pages after one folding."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Quire". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 2 September 2014.</ref>
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations for "quire"
- Chinese: 配页<ref name="Goethe"> Glossary on paper restoration. Goethe-Institut Hongkong, 2013. Web.</ref>, 配帖<ref name="Goethe" />, 位置<ref name="Goethe" />
- Danish: (translation needed)
- Dutch: (translation needed)
- French: cahier
- German: Lage<ref name="Goethe" />
- Italian: fascicolo<ref name="Vocabulaire codicologique"> Muzerelle, Denis. Vocabulaire codicologique: répertoire méthodique des termes français relatifs aux manuscrits, avec leurs équivalents en anglais, italien, espagnol. n.p, n.d. Web. 2 September 2014</ref>
- Korean: 실로 엮기위해 본문지를 합친것, 종이 한첩<ref name="Goethe" />
- Latin: (translation needed)
- Spanish: (translation needed)
- Swedish: (translation needed)
References
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