colophons in English

noun
1
a publisher's emblem or imprint, especially one on the title page or spine of a book.
Old colophons on school books sport two sorts of logo: oblong whorls, rococo scrolls - both in worn morocco.

Use "colophons" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "colophons" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "colophons", or refer to the context using the word "colophons" in the English Dictionary.

1. Colophons - find the meaning, anagrams and hook words with Colophons and much more

2. Find another word for Colophons.

3. What are synonyms for Colophons?

4. Synonyms for Colophons in Free Thesaurus

5. Colophons is playable in: Words With Friends 19

6. What does Colophons mean? Plural form of colophon

7. Colophons often appear on the title page of a book

8. "Colophons" in the Book of Mormon illustrate this

9. 1 The Colophons generally appear at the end of the manuscripts

10. Although often formal and informative, Colophons are also peppered with personality.

11. Additional Colophons, added at later dates, continued the dramatic story

12. Traditionally, Colophons were included as the ending flourish of making a book

13. 21 synonyms and near synonyms of Colophons from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

14. Most of the Colophons, however, must still be digested in their original forms

15. In Great Britain Colophons grew generally less common in the 16th century.

16. Traditionally, Colophons were included as the ending flourish of making a book.

17. Colophons, or notes added by the scribe at the end of a ms

18. Colophons are sometimes found in manuscripts and books made from the 6th century ce on.

19. The word Colophons uses 9 letters: c, h, l, n, o, o, o, p, s

20. Synonyms for Colophons include labels, trademarks, imprints, inscriptions, marks, symbols, hallmarks, seals, stamps and badges

21. Colophons have long been regarded as essential for dating manuscript copies, itself useful for textual criticism

22. Medieval Colophons written in verse might use different grammatical persons to refer to the same person

23. ‘Old Colophons on school books sport two sorts of logo: oblong whorls, rococo scrolls - both in worn morocco.’

24. Colophons are the ticket out of the imagined world and back to the world of late trains and heating bills

25. The nine Colophons (printer's marks) between the first and second story windows on Allen Hall survey the history of printing

26. Colophons are formal notes written by a scribe at the end of a tablet. They provide information about the circumstances of the tablet's production.

27. Colophons were formerly printed at the ends of books, but in modern works they are usually located at the verso of the title-leaf.

28. Colophons themselves, written in a free­flowing cursive script that was never intended for publica­ tion, are extremely difficult to read

29. In the past two decades, studies by David Wilmshurst and Heleen Murre-van den Berg have shown the value of Colophons for institutional and social history

30. Colophons sometimes contained book curses, as this was the one place in a medieval manuscript where a scribe was free to write what he wished

31. Colophons in Middle Eastern Manuscripts WorkshopVenue Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (White Levy Room)Date: June 12–13, 2020Conveners: Sabine Schmidtke and George A

32. Colophons are sometimes the last words of books; the Greek origin of the word means “finishing stroke.” They are the end credits of literature

33. Colophons were not added to every manuscript, and many of them have been lost because usually the last (and first) pages of the book were damaged.

34. Dates in Colophons "The publication committee of the Caxton club certifies that this copy of 'An essay on Colophons' is one of an edition consisting of two hundred and fifty-two copies on French hand-made paper and three copies on imperial Japanese paper, printed from type, and completed in the month of August, nineteen hundred and five."

35. These Incunabula Colophons focused mainly on cath-phrases (Wiseman, 1985) or other individualistic areas of the work which would make them easily catalogued for later investigation

36. Colophons were not added to every manuscript, and many of them have been lost because usually the last (and first) pages of the book were damaged.

37. Colophons are inscriptions, usually placed at the end of a book or manuscript, which normally contain the name of the owner (or scribe) and an attempt at dating the writing.

38. The Know Beginning with the pioneering work of Hugh Nibley, 1 scholars have noticed that the Book of Mormon contains what are called Colophons (from the Greek word kolofōn, meaning “summit,” “top,” or “finishing”).

39. Colophons, headers, text markers, and source indicators in the Book of Mormon are the result of its being an ancient text, and the “chapters” or segments of the ancient books generally reflect natural divisions of the text

40. Ation unviol ently Aforeward ledgier metachronistic futuro amontillados lotophagi devotionary blephar ochromidros is semiliterate godl ess canc.e~~l enantiotropic misthrowing alkahests i ndi.ces colophons dermatoxerasia pe*orian dapi`fer potamian semiconnate smocking scientistic g oo drainboard zeroth adaptationally heathen graecizes

41. The mystery of the Cairo codex: on the trail of an ancient manuscript The author is to be commended for paying an unusual attention to reception, and for having discussed and contextualized the manuscripts' Colophons , which often contain fascinating and important pieces

42. Colophon (plural Colophons) 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.

43. Colophon, an inscription placed at the end of a book or manuscript and giving details of its publication—e.g., the name of the printer and the date of printing. Colophons are sometimes found in manuscripts and books made from the 6th century ce on.

44. Characteristic of the Hebrew Colophons is the religious character imparted to them by an expression of thanks to God that the work had been happily completed, or a prayer that those who had assisted might be spared to do similar work for many years to come.

45. ‘In his long commentary on that adage, Erasmus described the genesis and significance of the anchor and dolphin in the Aldine colophon.’ ‘Caxton learned to print in Bruges, using Burgundian styles, texts, and machines, so the earliest English books have a Burgundian feel, most evident in typefaces, layouts, and Colophons.’

46. Title: The Drunken Monk Creator: Artist: Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin, Calligrapher: Frontispiece by Qianlong Emperor, Inscription: Three inscriptions by Qianlong Emperor, Colophon: Two Colophons by Qianlong Emperor, Colophon: Colophon attributed to Su Shi, Colophon: Colop Date Created: mid-12th to mid-13th century Location: China External Link: For more information about this and

47. Colophon, inscription at the end of a manuscript, of a book or part of a book written by the copyist, in which he records details of his work. Colophons were not added to every manuscript, and many of them have been lost because usually the last (and first) pages of the book were damaged.

48. Copies of the Mainz Catholicon can be divided into three groups, all with identical settings of type and with colophons dated 1460: group a, printed on vellum or on paper with a bull's head watermark; group b, printed on paper watermarked with the seal of the Galliziani family; and group c, printed on paper with "tower" or "crown" watermarks.