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It consists of 142 sheets of foolscap paper. The author's name does not appear in it. [1] Although the work is undated, a watermark dates the paper upon which it is written to 1829. [2] The textual material from which the manuscript is based is generally regarded to have been the work of William Macleod Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne (died 1833). [3]
A comparison of the A4 and Foolscap folio papersize. Foolscap folio, commonly contracted to foolscap or cap or folio and in short FC, is paper cut to the size of 8.5 × 13.5 in (216 × 343 mm) for printing or to 8 × 13 in (203 × 330 mm) for "normal" writing paper (foolscap). [1]
It also appears to draw inspiration from a foolscap map created in 1575 by the French mapmaker Jean de Fourmont. [2] There is wide speculation that it was created by members of a Christian sect called the Familists, which valued global viewpoints while stressing the importance of self-reflection. [3]
Foolscap or fool’s cap may refer to: Foolscap folio, a paper size of 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 × 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (216 × 343 mm) Foolscap, a paper size of 17 × 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (432 × 343 mm) Foolscap, a book by Michael Malone; Fool’s cap, a cap with bells worn by court jesters
For example, a quarto (from Latin quartÅ, ablative form of quartus, fourth [3]) historically was a book printed on sheets of paper folded in half twice, with the first fold at right angles to the second, to produce 4 leaves (or 8 pages), each leaf one fourth the size of the original sheet printed – note that a leaf refers to the single piece ...
The book is foolscap folio, and like all Mr Didsbury's productions, is well and correctly printed. All our varied forest trees and shrubs are minutely described and illustrated; the native and vulgar names are given, the properties and uses are set forth in popular language as well as in the ordinary scientific style.
The newspaper Border Post and Stannum Miner was first published on 20 July 1872 in Stanthorpe on foolscap paper. Later it was published on broadsheet. In 1971 the title was simplified to Border Post and the newspaper printed as a tabloid. [1] [2]
The Guild's initial periodical was the Guild of One-Name Studies Newsletter, published quarterly for eight issues from January 1980 to October 1981 on corner-stapled, typescript foolscap sheets under editor Frank Higenbottam. [3] This was followed by the Journal of One-Name Studies, with binding, also quarterly, from 1982 to the present.