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The etymology should probably be included in the article. Etymology are usually found on pages, not by linking to the Wiktionary entry.Curb Chain (talk) 22:09, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Reading order

The sentence "The reading order of each folio remains 'first recto, then verso' regardless of writing direction." in the third paragraph of the article is not correct. It is exactly the opposite. Ben Agam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.94.83.121 (talk) 06:14, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ben Agam, I'm not an expert but I'm almost sure that's wrong. What you say would make sense if you were picturing a double-page spread (spine in the middle, a page to the left and a page to the right), but the sentence you quote said "The reading order of each folio". A folio is a turnable sheet that can have writing on both sides, front and back. As you read a book, each turnable sheet is initially to the right of the spine (assuming we are looking at a European book or codex, with writing going from left to right), so when reading a particular folio you start reading it when it is to the right of the spine. That side of the sheet is called the recto. Then you turn it so that it lies to the left of the spine and now you read what is on its back, which is called the verso. Thus for a given folio (turnable sheet with a front and a back) the reading order is "first recto, then verso", as per the initial version of the sentence in question. I'm going to take the liberty of reverting the sentence to its original form. UBJ 43X (talk) 15:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If I've got that wrong, forgive me. I had not fully digested the fact that this paragraph is about books using right-to-left scripts like Hebrew and Arabic. I assumed they are essentially mirror-images of Western books, e.g. that a Hebrew page 1 would be read when it is lying to the left of the spine, and page 2 when lying to its right; but since I have no experience in such codices, I will hold back from changing the sentence in question for the moment. UBJ 43X (talk) 15:18, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TERGO

Will the OP please include the term "TERGO", which is another word for VERSO. Both are the opposite side of a folio's recto (right) side. Please see: http://it.wiki.x.io/wiki/Opistografo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.45.91.9 (talk) 02:13, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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b and e?

What are "b" and "e" superscript? 79.106.203.97 (talk) 10:29, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]