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Definition of Colophon
1. Noun. A publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page).
Definition of Colophon
1. n. An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.
Definition of Colophon
1. Noun. In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name. ¹
2. Noun. A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust-jacket. ¹
3. Noun. (Internet) A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch.(R:OED Online title=colophon code=36552 part of speech=n date=September 2011) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Colophon
1. an inscription placed at the end of a book [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colophon
Literary usage of Colophon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Studies Presented to William Ridgeway ... on His Sixtieth by Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1914)
"THE colophon IN THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS The Book of the Gospels of Lindisfarne,
of Durham, or of St Cuthbert, as MS. Cott. Nero D. 4 in the British Museum ..."
2. Second Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English by William Carew Hazlitt (1882)
"This copy is not perfect ; it wants the end of the Table, aa 8, aud the conclusion.
[The Chronicles of England. colophon :] Thus endeth this present booke ..."
3. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"of colophon, The years following the rejection of the Spartan overtures were
marked by operations in the Propontis and its neighbourhood. ..."
4. Robert Wyer, Printer and Bookseller: A Paper Read Before the Bibliographical by Henry Robert Plomer (1897)
"BOOKS WITH "SUFFOLK" colophon. 15.—ARISTOTLE. Nature of the Days of the Week.
nd 8vo. ... colophon: Ql Imprinted by me Robert wyer/ dwel:||lynge at the ..."
5. The Library Manual: A Guide to the Formation of a Library, and the Valuation by John Herbert Slater (1892)
"This colophon, or finishing stroke, is found at the end of a volume, and usually
sets forth the printer's name and the date when the work was finished or ..."
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