Examples of 'colophon' in a sentence

Meaning of "colophon"

Colophon refers to a statement at the end of a book or manuscript containing information about its publication, including details about the typeface, paper, and printer
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  • In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on their exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, their own name.
  • A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust jacket.
  • A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
  • A finishing stroke or crowning touch.

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A colophon may also be emblematic or pictorial in nature.
There is an informative colophon giving production details.
Krueger even designed their distinctive colophon.
The title and colophon are printed in red.
The edition size appears in the colophon.
A colophon is an inscription at the end of a manuscript.
But there is one puzzling aspect of this colophon.
It is preceded by a colophon text later than the manuscript itself.
There are many other kinds of colophon.
From colophon to title page.
Each book is signed by the artist in the colophon.
Usually the colophon is abbreviated in subsequent mentions in the same manuscript.
This includes the title and the colophon.
The colophon on fol.
Signed by the poet and illustrator on the colophon.

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The colophon of the bible itself states this exact date.
Signed by the author and artist in the colophon.
The title and colophon pages are present but are left blank.
Publication information is from the colophon.
A modern form of colophon is the production note at the end of private press books.
Illustrated and signed colophon page.
Colophon barnardi is a species of beetle in family Lucanidae.
Imprint date from colophon.
Colophon cameroni is a species of beetle in family Lucanidae.
Caption title and colophon.
Colophon eastmani is a species of beetle in family Lucanidae.
Date given in the colophon.
The colophon identifies the city of origin as Marseilles.
Signed by the artist at colophon.
Apollo sent her to Colophon to find an oracle devoted to him.
Last page is the colophon.
And a similar colophon may be found attached to the book of Ezra.
The last page of the book shows the colophon.
He thus inferred that the colophon referred to the Agnean language.
There are no title pages or colophon.
According to Hermann von Soden the colophon could be added by a later hand.
The text is usually arranged in two columns and is accompanied by a colophon.
Sometimes this information is located in a colophon at the back of a book.
The custom typeface rendering the feel of cut paper was developed in collaboration with Colophon.
No Sanskrit name has been found in a colophon to attest to historicity.
The book is signed by the artist and the author in ink at the colophon.
He is the most ancient rishi listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.
The career of Randolph always has lacked the colophon.
The meaning of the colophon was discussed by Kirsopp Lake.
Signed by the artist on colophon.
It has Jerusalem colophon at the end of each Gospel.
Signed on the colophon.
The colophon indicates that Eliezer b.
Artists signature to colophon.
Y for colophon a short stage to arrive enjoying Santiago de Compostela.

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