16 December 2016
verso
[vur-soh]
noun, plural versos. Printing.
1. a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto ).
Origin of verso
Latin
1830-1840; short for Latin in versō foliō on the turned leaf
pollice verso
[pohl-li-ke wer-soh; English pol-uh-see vur-soh]
adverb, Latin.
1. with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
folio verso
[foh-lee-oh vur-soh; Latin foh-lee-oh wer-soh]
noun
1. the back of the page; verso (opposed to folio recto ).
Origin
Latin
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Examples from the Web for verso
Historical Examples
There is a woodcut of the royal arms on verso of titlepage, which occurs again on K3vv at the beginning of the ‘Confessions’.
Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge
W. W. Greg
The modern title page and verso have been relocated to the end of the text.
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Alexander Scott Withers
Transcriptions of ads from the verso of the cover and the verso of the half-title page follow.
Paper-bag Cookery
Vera Serkoff
A Table of Contents has been added below the verso to aid in navigation.
Mystery at Geneva
Rose Macaulay
Anagram
roves
overs
servo
Today’s quote
If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation
– Wang Fou (this quote is often mis-attributed to Lao Tzu)
On this day
16 December 1980 – death of Harlan Sanders who eventually becomes a Colonel and chickens throughout Kentucky, and ultimately the rest of the world, are never the same again as he invents Kentucky Fried Chicken. Born 9 September 1890.