colophon

[ UK /kˈɒlɒfən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page)
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How To Use colophon In A Sentence

  • 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.
  • The Ionians invaded the western coast of Asia Minor, which was subsequently called Ionia, taking over the existing cities of Colophon, Miletus, Smyrna, Myus, Priene, Ephesus, Phocaea, and others. C. The Aeolian and Ionian Migrations and the Greek Renaissance
  • Shoe dermatitis may be a result of contact allergy to chromates used in the tanning of leather, rubber found in the soles or lining, or, less commonly, colophony, a pine resin widely used in the adhesives used in the manufacture of shoes.
  • The colophon mentions the fact that the text was revised (bcos) by Ngak-wang Kun-ga Lo-dro (ngag dbang kun dga 'blo gros). Appendix
  • He moved to Athens when he was 18 to fulfill his required military service as an ephebe, but left again shortly thereafter when his parents wer expelled from Samos, along with the other Athenians, when Athens lost the island to Colophon for a time and continued to study philosophy and began to attract disciples. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • As, however, the colophon is unmistakably clear as to date, and as that date is but two years subsequent to the events narrated in the poem, we may at least assume that the papyrus is a contemporary document. Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers
  • This page, the colophon, contains the name of the artist, the date of completion, and the name of the person who commissioned the book.
  • There followed a rapid succession of clinical studies dealing with occupational asthma induced by a variety of chemicals including colophony and acid anhydrides.
  • The colophon [the title page] named the copyist as Udo of Aachen, and I just had to find out more about this guy. The Mandelbrot Monk
  • Baskin redesigned Blake for the Rainbow Press's colophon.
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