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| Colophon | Literally the finishing stroke,an inscription added to the end of a manuscript book when it was completed |
| Catchword | word written at the end of a quire that repeats the first word of the next page, facilitating the final arrangement of quires by the binder |
| Foliation | numbered, but only on the recto side |
| Titulus | title |
| Incipit | opening words of text indicating the beginning of a section |
| Explicit | final words of text indicating end of a section |
| Ex Libris | who made the book; later becomes the mark of the "publisher" |
| Octavo | easier to carry (smaller) than a folio |
| Sizing | made from the connective tissues of animals and applied to paper so the ink dosen't spread |
| Heiligen | like a Holy Card, inspirational picture; ex: St. Christopher of Buxheim |
| Biblio Pauperum | early comic-book format for the less-literate |
| Iron gall ink | made from “oak apples,” ferrous sulphate, known also as copperas, and gum arabic, |
| Minuscule | script composed of lower case letters |
| Illigator liborum | bookbinder made the leather book cover and |
| Xylography | block printing |
| Bishop of Winchester | donated 62 books to be kept in the library and 312 that could be borrowed at New College, Oxford |
| Pecia System | Books divided into sections to facilitate copying |
| Vellum | The skin of a young calf used as a writing surface; considered superior to that of sheep or goat skin |
| Parchment | skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| codex | book with wood covers |
