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Colophon
Colophon meaning
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 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.
Synonyms of Colophon
Colophon vertaling naar Nederlands
Example sentences (8)
At the end of the 7th century BCE, Mimnermus of Colophon struck on the innovation of using the verse for erotic poetry.
Colophon was already in the hands of Aeolians who had arrived via Crete in Mycenaean times.
Having recovered on that occasion, he later suffered a relapse in Colophon, losing his vision altogether.
He thus inferred that the colophon referred to the Agnean language.sfnsfn Although the term twγry or toxrï appears to be the Old Turkic name for the Tocharians, it is not found in Tocharian texts.
I know of no other Greeks who are accustomed to sacrifice puppies except the people of Colophon ; these too sacrifice a puppy, a black bitch, to the Wayside Goddess".
Strangers or refugees from the Ionian city of Colophon settled in the city.
Survey The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that planning for the survey was conducted in 1085, and the book's colophon states the survey was completed in 1086.
The colophon states that the text, commissioned by Acarya Jasvant for the library of Maharana Jagat Singh I of Mewar, was written by the Mahatma Hirananda, was finished on Friday 25 November 1650.