6 March 2016
frontispiece
[fruhn-tis-pees, fron-]
noun
1. an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
2. Architecture. a façade, or a part or feature of a façade, often highlighted by ornamentation.
Origin of frontispiece
French, Medieval Latin
1590-1600; alteration (conformed to piece ) of earlier frontispice < French < Medieval Latin frontispicium, equivalent to Latin fronti- front + -spicium (combining form representing specere to look at)
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A final word of praise is due the excellent group photograph of the Woodbees which forms the frontispiece of the magazine.
Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The first plate in the book is dated 1893, and serves as a frontispiece.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893
Various
Still, up to this day, the fixture of a nose upon the puppet-hero’s frontispiece has not been attempted.
Sandra Belloni, Complete
George Meredith
The portrait of Signorelli in the frontispiece is the half of this painting.
Luca Signorelli
Maud Cruttwell
First edition, on large paper, with frontispiece by M. Van der Gucht.
A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3)
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fierce piston
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copier feints
poetic infers
profit nieces
Today’s quote
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.
– Carl Jung
On this day
6 March 1836 – death of Davy Crocket, American frontiersman, King of the Wild Frontier. Born 17 August 1786.
6 March 1899 – aspirin is patented in Germany by Friedrich Bayer and Co. It is the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, which included an extract from the bark of the willow tree.
6 March 1984 – death of Martin Niemöller, German pastor. Niemöller originally supported Adolf Hitler, however, he soon realised he’d made a mistake. He blamed Hitler’s rise to power and the ensuing war and genocide, on the support and acceptance of his policies from churches and ordinary citizens, as well as the lack of speaking up against injustice. Niemöller is most well known for his statement, ‘First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me’. Born 14 January 1892.
6 March 2012 – A three-year old McNuggett shaped like George Washington is sold on eBay for $8,100 by a woman in Nebraska.