Difference between revisions of "Leaf"

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* Spanish: [[folio]]<ref name="Vocabulaire codicologique" />, [[hoja]]<ref name="Vocabulaire codicologique" />
 
* Spanish: [[folio]]<ref name="Vocabulaire codicologique" />, [[hoja]]<ref name="Vocabulaire codicologique" />
  
* Swedish: (translation needed)
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* Swedish: [[Blad]], [[Folie]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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English

noun

Definition

"One of the units resulting from folding a sheet of paper, vellum, etc., into a section (signature). A leaf consists of two pages, one on each side, either or both of which may be blank, or may bear printing, writing, or illustrative matter." <ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Leaf". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 2 September 2014.</ref>

For the finishing tool that looks like leaves, see leaves.

Synonyms

Related terms

folio

Translations

  • Danish: (translation needed)
  • Dutch: blad<ref name="Kneep">Gnirrep, W.K., J.P. Gumbert and J.A. Szirmai.Kneep en binding. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1992.</ref>
  • German: Blatt<ref name="Goethe" /><ref name="Kneep" />
  • Italian: carta<ref name="Vocabulaire codicologique" />,
  • Latin: (translation needed)
  • Spanish: folio<ref name="Vocabulaire codicologique" />, hoja<ref name="Vocabulaire codicologique" />

References

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