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Definition of Frontispiece

Frontispiece
Frontispiece Fron"tis*piece, n. [F. frontispice, LL. frontispicium beginning, front of a church, fr. L. frons front + spicere, specere, to look at, view: cf. It. frontispizio. See Front and Spy.] The part which first meets the eye; as: (a) (Arch.) The principal front of a building. [Obs. or R.] (b) An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.

Meaning of Frontispiece from wikipedia

- Look up frontispiece in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Frontispiece may refer to: Frontispiece (books), a decorative illustration facing a book's title...
- A frontispiece in books is a decorative or informative illustration facing a book's title page, usually on the left-hand, or verso, page opposite the right-hand...
- In architecture, the term frontispiece is used to describe the prin****l face of the building, usually referring to a combination of elements that frame...
- Frontispiece is an orchestral composition written in 2019 by the South Korean composer Unsuk Chin. The work was commissioned by the NDR Elbphilharmonie...
- Church, and appeared without imprimatur. Alberti engraved and printed the frontispiece for the original libretto of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in Vienna in 1791...
- Manfaʿ. — Kitāb naʿt al-ḥayawān. Figures of authority are presented in frontispiece 3 and 4, a "Ruler-Prince" with armed attendants and a "Scholar-Prince"...
- PERSPECTIVE will be liable to such Absurdities as are shewn in this Frontiſpiece [frontispiece]. The work shows a scene that provides many deliberate examples...
- Engraving of Voltaire published as the frontispiece to an 1843 edition of his Dictionnaire philosophique...
- A vahalkada (Sinhala: වාහල්කඩ), known as a frontispiece in English, is a structure constructed joining a stupa at its four cardinal directions as a decorative...
- him as a "master-manufacturer", a label which hurt Pope. The book's frontispiece consists of an engraving by George Vertue of a bronze bust of Homer's...