Frontispiece
noun
An illustration facing the title page of a book.
The frontispiece of the novel shows a map of the story's setting.
Often appears as...
- frontispiece illustration
- frontispiece of a book
noun
The principal face of a building.
The grand frontispiece of the manor house was imposing.
Often appears as...
- building frontispiece
- architecturally designed frontispiece
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Architectural
noun
An illustration facing the title page of a book.
The frontispiece of the novel shows a map of the story's setting.
Often appears as...
- frontispiece illustration
- frontispiece of a book
noun
The principal face of a building.
The grand frontispiece of the manor house was imposing.
Often appears as...
- building frontispiece
- architecturally designed frontispiece
Usage tips
Architectural
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Pro Tip 1/3Book Introduction
The frontispiece in books is often used to set the scene or tone before the story begins.
The haunting frontispiece illustration perfectly captured the mood of the Gothic novel.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Use
Older books frequently used frontispieces as a decorative element, sometimes hand-colored or engraved.
I admired the intricate hand-engraved frontispiece in the antique poetry book.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Preview
A frontispiece can preview characters, settings, or themes, much like a movie trailer does.
The book's frontispiece showed the main characters standing before an ancient city.
Pro Tip 1/3Book Introduction
The frontispiece in books is often used to set the scene or tone before the story begins.
The haunting frontispiece illustration perfectly captured the mood of the Gothic novel.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Use
Older books frequently used frontispieces as a decorative element, sometimes hand-colored or engraved.
I admired the intricate hand-engraved frontispiece in the antique poetry book.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Preview
A frontispiece can preview characters, settings, or themes, much like a movie trailer does.
The book's frontispiece showed the main characters standing before an ancient city.
Pro Tip 1/3Book Introduction
The frontispiece in books is often used to set the scene or tone before the story begins.
The haunting frontispiece illustration perfectly captured the mood of the Gothic novel.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Use
Older books frequently used frontispieces as a decorative element, sometimes hand-colored or engraved.
I admired the intricate hand-engraved frontispiece in the antique poetry book.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Preview
A frontispiece can preview characters, settings, or themes, much like a movie trailer does.
The book's frontispiece showed the main characters standing before an ancient city.
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Adam Savage: My...
they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire. If you go look at their website today, they'll actually list these specimens, saying, the rest was lost in a fire. Not quite the whole truth. Anyway. The frontispiece of this article was this photo,
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
the ear the ear presumably attached to a mind but the eye the reading I played no part in it because this was a Bible which was to be read out in churches as it says in the on the frontispiece of
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Adam Savage: My...
they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire. If you go look at their website today, they'll actually list these specimens, saying, the rest was lost in a fire. Not quite the whole truth. Anyway. The frontispiece of this article was this photo,
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
the ear the ear presumably attached to a mind but the eye the reading I played no part in it because this was a Bible which was to be read out in churches as it says in the on the frontispiece of
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