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colophon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | emblem |
Examples of colophon
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All it has are a colophon on the last page, and a title on the spine.
From the washingtontimes.com
Hamartolus ended his chronicle with the year 842, as a colophon in most manuscripts attests.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Colophon was already in the hands of Aeolians who had arrived via Crete in Mycenaean times.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It is followed by the back matter, which includes appendices, references, credits, colophon etc.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Later reprints of some bore the Unicorn's Head colophon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the days of hot metal typesetting, a logotype was a uniquely set and arranged typeface or colophon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The image was one of Neptune and a unicorn, a variation on what remains to this day the magazine's colophon.
From the theatlantic.com
Two volumes published after retirement of the Unicorn's Head colophon were evidently intended for the series.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Each individual poem has generally attached to it a colophon on the authorship and subject matter of the poem.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page)
- Colophon (Greek) was a city in the region of Lydia in antiquity dating from about the turn of the first millennium-BC. ...
- Colophon is a small genus of beetle in the "stag beetle" family Lucanidae.
- 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 reverse of the title page, but can also sometimes be located at the end of the book, orn* A printer's mark or logotype
- The publication entitled The Colophon, subtitled A Book Collectors' Quarterly or A quarterly for booklovers, was a limited edition quarterly periodical begun late in 1929 and continuing in various guises until 1950. ...
- In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name; A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at ...
- Details of the printer's typography, often found on the last page of a book. Sometimes states the number of copies printed, and in the case of a limited edition, will cite the copy number and may contain the signature of the author, illustrator, or publisher.
- A printers or publishers identifying symbol or emblem.
- A description of how a book was produced, normally at the end. Also, a printers' mark or emblem.
