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Definition of Frontispieces

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 Frontispieces from wikipedia

- Look up frontispiece in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Frontispiece may refer to: Frontispiece (books), a decorative illustration facing a book's title...
- Printed Pictures, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on book frontispieces...
- "frontispiece" and "pediment" interchangeably in reference to both large frontispieces decorating the main entrances, as well as smaller frontispieces...
- its four cardinal directions as a decorative flourish. Later, these frontispieces came to be decorated or embellished with designs such as the creeper...
- Frontispiece is an orchestral composition written in 2019 by the South Korean composer Unsuk Chin. The work was commissioned by the NDR Elbphilharmonie...
- Frontispiece, Sketches by Boz—Boz being a family nickname—written by ****ens with illustrations by George Cruikshank, 1837...
- evidence of the swastika as a symbol of Thor in Norse paganism. The bronze frontispiece of a ritual pre-Christian (c. 350–50 BCE) shield found in the River Thames...
- standard hardback and deluxe hardback (which included a full colour artwork Frontispiece, and was signed and numbered. The cover material also differed from the...
- Title page and frontispiece for Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Tragedy. As it is now acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. London...
- Obedience to God" and a scene from the Book of Exodus he took from the frontispiece of the Geneva Bible, with Moses, the Israelites, the pillar of fire,...