Quires - The Building Blocks of BooksA quire is a bound group of folded pages. In medieval manuscrip
Quires - The Building Blocks of BooksA quire is a bound group of folded pages. In medieval manuscripts, the most common quire type is a quaternio, or a series of four folded and bound pages. The photo above shows a quinio, or five folded pages, ready for binding. In addition, the pages are folded one time, or in folio.Location: UnknownUsage Rights: Unknown. Reproduced through Fair Use.Resource:Rychkov, Cheryl Adams. “Medieval Manuscript Production.” Medium, 2 Mar. 2017. https://medium.com/@cheryladamsrychkov/medieval-manuscript-production-622d64f7390a -- source link
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