15 December 2016
recto
[rek-toh]
noun, plural rectos. Printing.
1. a right-hand page of an open book or manuscript; the front of a leaf (opposed to verso ).
Origin of recto
Late Latin, Latin
1815-1825; < Late Latin rēctō (foliō) on the right-hand (leaf or page), ablative of Latin rēctus right
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Examples from the Web for recto
Historical Examples
On the recto of the first leaf there is a large woodcut of Pynson’s arms, or device No.
The Ship of Fools, Volume 1
Sebastian Brandt
(recto) “Here begynneth the prologue of this present treatyse.”
The Ship of Fools, Volume 1
Sebastian Brandt
The Latin text is on the verso of the page, the English on the recto, facing each other.
A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3)
Various
The text ends on the recto of l 6, the last page being blank.
Game and Playe of the Chesse
Caxton
(folio 11 recto) The socket of the eye is not over-depressed, for it has to receive the images (spetie) of visible things.
Studies in the History and Method of Science
Various
Both the recto and the verso of the leaf have the full complement of 23 lines but there is a hiatus in the text.
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University
Anonymous
In addition to the ordinary page numbers, each text labeled the recto (odd) pages of the first half of each signature.
Reflections on Dr. Swift’s Letter to Harley (1712) and The British Academy (1712)
John Oldmixon
Stamp date of bill and cost in book on first recto after title page: “27 June 1914 Binding 75.”
Library Bookbinding
Arthur Low Bailey
Instead, it labeled the recto (odd) pages of the first few leaves of each 8-page signature.
The Path-Way to Knowledg
Robert Record
Term indicating that the print on the verso falls exactly over that on the recto.
Library Bookbinding
Arthur Low Bailey
Anagram
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Today’s quote
Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.
― Jonatan Mårtensson
On this day
15 December 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
15 December 1832 – Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect, co-designed the Eiffel Tower. Died 27 December 1923.
15 December 1890 – death of Sitting Bull, Native American tribal chief. Born as ‘Jumping Badger’ in 1831.
15 December 1917 – World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
15 December 1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
15 December 1945 – Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
15 December 1946 – U.S.- backed Iranian troops evict the leadership of the breakaway Republic of Mahabad, putting an end to the Iran crisis of 1946.
15 December 1954 – The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed.
15 December 1970 – Russia’s Venera 7 spacecraft lands on Venus, the first man-made object to land on the planet. It was launched on 15 August 1970.
15 December 1973 – The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II.
15 December 1974 – birth of Pooh, Filipino actor and comedian, star of Banana Split, famous for his impersonations, including that of Filipino boxer, Manny Pacquiao. Pooh’s real name is Reynold Garcia.
15 December 1981 – A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.
15 December 2001 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean.
15 December 2010 – A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
