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Charta (pl. chartae) (English: page)
Each leaf of a manuscript, having two faces or sides; c. recto: the front face, or right side; c. verso: the back face, or left side.
Folium (English: sheet)
Each sheet of a manuscript.
Bifolium (English: two sheets)
A sheet folded to produce two chartae, four sides.
Conjunct leaves
Leaves belonging to the same bifolium
Quire/gathering
A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book
Binion
A gathering, or quire, of two sheets folded to produce four chartae, eight sides.
Quaternion
A gathering, or quire, of four sheets folded to produce eight chartae, sixteen sides.
Catchword
The first word of a page printed in the bottom of the preceding page.
(semi) holograph
A manuscript or a book written wholly (or in part) in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears.
Autograph
A manuscript in the author's handwriting; original edition of a particular work, written or dictated by the author.
Archetype
The earliest copy of an original manuscript from which all later copies are ultimately descended.
Stemma (codicum)
family tree of manuscripts showing which manuscripts were copied from each other.
stemmatics
Preparation and analysis of a stemma.
(versio) vulgata
Any commonly recognized text or version of a work.
editio princeps
The first printed edition of a work that previously had existed only in manuscripts.
Hendecasyllable (Italian: endecasillabo)
Particular type of verse with a constant stress on the tenth syllable, so that the number of syllables in the verse may vary (10-11-12 syllables).
Heptasyllabic verse (Italian: settenario)
Particular type of verse with a constant stress on the seventh syllable, so that the number of syllables in the verse may vary (6-7-8 syllables)