What does recto and verso mean?
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rec·to and ver·so
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Recto and verso
Recto is the "right" or "front" side and verso is the "left" or "back" side when text is written or printed on a leaf of paper (folium) in a bound item such as a codex, book, broadsheet, or pamphlet.
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Recto and verso
The recto and verso are respectively the "front" and "back" sides of a leaf of paper in a bound item such as a codex, book, broadsheet, or pamphlet. In languages written from left to right the recto is the right-hand page and the verso the left-hand page. These are terms of art in the binding, printing, and publishing industries, and can be applied more broadly to any field where physical documents are exchanged. The term recto-verso describes two-sided text. The terms are important in the field of codicology, where each physical sheet of a manuscript is numbered and the sides are referred to as recto and verso. Critical editions of manuscripts will often mark the position of text in the original manuscript, or manuscripts, in the style '42r.' or '673vº'. Often "recto" is implied if no "v" for "verso" is given, so that the pages are numbered: f1, f1v, f2, f2v ....". The terms 'recto' and 'verso' find their origins in the use of papyrus. Papyrus, the earliest form of paper, was used to make books in Egypt, Greece and Rome. Papyrus sheet consisted of two superimposed layers. A different grain ran across each side, hence the 'recto' where the grain ran horizontally and 'verso' where the grain ran vertically. Usually, however, papyrus carried writing only on the smooth side.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of recto and verso in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of recto and verso in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- recto und versoGerman
- προς τα πίσω και προς τα πίσωGreek
- रेक्टो और वर्सोHindi
- recto e versoItalian
- recto ו versoHebrew
- reto e versoPortuguese
- rekto ve versoTurkish
- recto và versoVietnamese
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