A copy of the《禮記》 (Lǐjì;Book of Rites), a collection ofConfucian texts describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of theZhou dynasty as they were understood in theWarring States and the earlyHan periods. The termfolio can refer to eachleaf of the book(sense 1), or eachpage(sense 2); in the latter sense, two folios of the open book can be seen in the photograph.
Senses 1, 2, 3.1, 5, and 6 relating to a leaf or page are derived fromMedieval Latinfoliō in references; sense 5 (“page in an account book”) may be derived fromItalianfoglio(“rectangular sheet of paper”), fromLatinfolium. Senses 3.2 and 3.3 relating to a paper size are fromItalianinfoglio or itsetymonLatininfoliō.[2]
2004, Eric H. Ash, “Secants, Sailors, and Elizabethan Manuals of Navigation”, inPower, Knowledge, and Expertise in Elizabethan England, Baltimore, Md.; London:Johns Hopkins University Press,→ISBN, page162:
[Thomas] Hood also presented his treatises in such a way that conveniently accessing specific lessons was difficult, if not impossible, for the reader-practitioner. For example, his book entitledThe Vse of Both the Globes, Celestiall and Terrestriall... (1592) was roughly two hundred pages long but did not include such helpful tools as an index, a table of contents, or evenfolio numbers. In order to refer to some lesson that he might need, the reader would have to leaf through the text until the passage in question was found, or else rely upon his own marginal notes.
2004, Jason Glenn,Politics and History in the Tenth Century: The Work and World of Richer of Reims, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page140:
We saw above that the fourth quire consists of tenfolios, two of which (folios 29 and 31)Richer added to a quaternion (folios 23 to 28, 30, 32). Most of thefolios Richer added to his manuscript supplement, elaborate, or amend text that he had already composed in the codex. In this quire, however, Richer wrote around the addedfolios as if it was the quire he added to them, not the converse. Indeed, if we were to removefolios 29 and 31, there would be neither grammatical nor narrative continuity between the originalfolios of the quire which would face each other, that is, betweenfolios 28v[erso] and 30r[ecto] on the one hand, orfolios 30v and 32r on the other.
Apage of a book, that is, oneside of a leaf of a book.
[1871, “Folio Page”, in J[ohn] Luther Ringwalt, editor,American Encyclopædia of Printing, Philadelphia, Pa.: Menamin & Ringwalt, 517 Minor Street;J. B. Lippincott & Co., 715Market Street,→OCLC,page172:
Folio Page.—A page which occupies the half of a full sheet of paper, as Post-folio, Demy-folio, etc. Two pages offolio are imposed together as one form, four pages being a perfect sheet. Post-folio and Foolscap-folio, however, are more frequently imposed as four-page forms, and printed on Double-post and Double-foolscap paper.]
[1871, “Folio”, in J[ohn] Luther Ringwalt, editor,American Encyclopædia of Printing, Philadelphia, Pa.: Menamin & Ringwalt, 517 Minor Street;J. B. Lippincott & Co., 715Market Street,→OCLC,page172:
Folio.—The running number of the pages of a work. When there is no running title, thefolio is placed in the centre of the head-line; when there is a running title, at the outside corner—the evenfolio on the left, the odd on the right. The preface, contents, index, and all introductory matter, usually have separatefolios inserted in Roman lower-case numerals.]
This pocket copying-machine, by which letters and writings of all sizes, evenfolio, may be very quickly copied, consists of a press four inches long, with a small cylinder, which contains pens and ink: the whole apparatus may be conveniently carried in the pocket, and the price is very moderate.
A treatiſe inFolio, intitled, The Magazen of Honour, or a Treatiſe concerninge the Nobillitie of England accordinge to the Lawes of England, with their Priviledges in Parliament, & in what caſes noe priviledge, together with the Etymologie, definition & antiquitie of 3 ſortes of Barons.
The imputed virtue offolios full of knockdown arguments is supposed to reside in them, just as some of the majesty of the British Empire dwells in the constable’s truncheon.
1902,William Blades,The Enemies of Books, 2nd edition, page102:
Another, with the bump of order unnaturally developed, had hisfolios and quartos all reduced, in binding, to one size, so that they might look even on his bookshelves.
2003, Anthony James West,The Shakespeare First Folio: The History of the Book. Volume II: A New Worldwide Census of First Folios, volume II, Oxford:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page87:
He [collectorAnthony Morris Storer] bequeathed part of his collection to[…]Eton College, including the FirstFolio [ofWilliam Shakespeare], a fine copy of the SecondFolio, a poor copy of the ThirdFolio, and the collection of Quartos.
1806, “Book-keeping”, inThe New and Complete American Encyclopædia: or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences;[...] In Seven Volumes, volume II, New York, N.Y.: Printed and published by John Low, No. 33,Chatham-Street,→OCLC,page152:
In the leger,[sic] articles of the ſame kind are collected together; and, for that purpoſe, it is divided into many accounts, under which the different branches of buſineſs are arranged. Each account is introduced by a proper title, to explain the nature of the articles it contains; and articles of oppoſite kinds, which belong to the ſame account, are placed on the oppoſite pages of the ſamefolio: for inſtance, money received on the one ſide, and money paid on the other; or goods bought on the one ſide, and goods ſold on the other.
1817 December 20,House of Commons of the United Kingdom, “Second Report of the Commissioners for Examining into the Duties, Salaries and Emoluments, of the Officers, Clerks and Ministers, of the Several Courts of Justice, in England, Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed;—as to the Court of Chancery”, inReports from Committees: Fever; Ireland; Courts of Justice: Session 27 January – 10 June, 1818, volume VII,[London]:[s.n.], published6 April 1818,→OCLC,pages172 and 176:
[page 172] When actions are brought in the Courts of King's Bench or Common Pleas, founded upon original writs issuing out of the Courts of Chancery (which writs, as stated in the Report of the 9th of April 1816, it is the duty of the Cursitors to make out) it has been the practice in certain cases for the Filacers of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas respectively, to receive from the Suitors the King's fines (if any) and also the fees payable to the Cursitors in respect of such original writs, and afterwards to account to the Cursitors for the fines and fees so received.[…] [page 176] The Cursitors have claimed before us a right to compute the skin in all cases, at twentyfolios, eachfolio containing seventy-two words; and to charge 1s. 4d. for everyfolio, instead of the fees now taken perfolio or per skin, where the writ in charged in that manner. In support of this claim they have contended, that twentyfolios of seventy-two words each, were established by the Order of 1743, as the length of a skin;[…] The writ [of Transgress' super Casum], exclusive of the part containing the matter of the declaration, contains less than twofolios of seventy-two words each; common counts are stated to contain usually, from two to threefolios; special counts are usually longer, and sometimes of a much greater length.
1862, George Henry Cooper (reporter),Alexander Staveley Hill (reporter), “Fees to be Taken in the Principal Registry of the Court of Probate in Non-contentious Business”, inThe Law Journal Reports for the Year 1862: Cases in the Court of Probate, in the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, and in the High Court of Admiralty (New Series; XXXI), volume XL, part IV, London: Printed by James Holmes, 4, Took's Court,Chancery Lane; published by Edward Bret Ince, 5, Quality Court, Chancery Lane,→OCLC,page64:
If the office copy of a Will or any part of a Will or other document is required to be made fac-simile, and such Will or part of a Will or other document is twofolios of ninety words in length or under, in addition to the fee for the copy … … … … [£]0 1[s.] 0[d.] / If exceeding twofolios of ninety words, for every additionalfolio or part of afolio … … [£]0 0[s.] 6[d.]
1860, Nathan Howard, Jr., “Rules of the Supreme Court”, inThe Code of Procedure of Pleadings and Practice of the State of New-York, 1860, 2nd enl. and improved edition, New York, N.Y.: Banks & Brothers, law publishers, 144Nassau Street; and 475Broadway, Albany,→OCLC, rule XX,page735:
And all the pleadings and other proceedings and copies thereof shall be fairly and legibly written; and if not so written, andfolioed, and indorsed as aforesaid, the clerks shall not file such as may be offered to them for that purpose, nor will the court hear any motion or application founded thereon.
1874, William Wait, “Part XIII. Motions, Orders and Papers. Chapter II. Affidavits and Petitions. Article II. Petitions. Section 3. Form and Contents of Petitions.”, inThe Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings, in All the Courts of Record in the State of New York; with Appropriate Forms, volume IV, Albany, N.Y.: William Gould & Son, law booksellers and publishers,→OCLC,page585:
Folioing. The rule previously stated as to affidavits and other papers in respect tofolioing applies also to petitions. They must be fairly and legibly written and indorsed, and where they are of more than two folios in length must befolioed.
1907, J[ohn] Thornton, “Lesson VII.—The Principle of the Transfer from Preparatory to Final Record”, inA Manual of Bookkeeping for the Use of Students (Elementary Commercial Class-books), new and rev. edition, London:Macmillan and Co., Limited, St Martin's Street, London,→OCLC, page105:
Folioing is necessary as an indication how far in his work the poster has proceeded, and must be done in both books immediately after each entry.
“folio”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2 July 2023
, Oxford:Oxford University Press, September 2023;“folio,n.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
Folio (papierformaat) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedianl
