Sentences with colophon
col·o·phon
C c - Many books have colophons at the end giving the name of one or more scribes, and sometimes giving the names of patrons.
- The names of some of his patrons are known through his colophons, and it is probable that he primarily earned his living by being a teacher in the richer circles, rather than as a scribe.
- Caxton's prefaces, colophons, and epilogues in particular are self-conscious about authorship, purpose, genre, sources, patronage, medium, and technique.
- The jacket also serves as the cover of the book and once that is taken off, what you usually get is a volume bound in plain rexine, with the title, author and publisher's colophon embossed on the spine.
- This page, the colophon, contains the name of the artist, the date of completion, and the name of the person who commissioned the book.
- A note in the colophon material states that this comes from a collaborative text-sound installation.
- He is named in the colophon as one of the publishers and Isaac is named on the title page as the printer.