quire

kwaɪər
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Translation of quire into German

Noun

1.

paper quantity

TECH.UK
twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper
TECH.UK
  • He bought a quire for his printing needs.Er kaufte einen Bogen für seine Druckbedürfnisse.
2.

bookbinding

DatedUK
set of leaves stitched together
DatedUK
Lage fLagen
  • The quire was carefully bound into the book.Der Lagen wurde sorgfältig in das Buch eingebunden.
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Synonyms and analogies of quire in English

Examples of quire in a sentence

  • Artists often use a quire for sketching.
  • Each quire was numbered before binding.
  • The printer prepared the quire for the final edition.

Translations of "quire" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
derChornm.

The steeple stands at the east and earlier formed the quire.

Der Turm steht im Osten und bildete früher den Chor.

Their foundations were partly unearthed and can now be visited under the church's quire.

Deren Fundamente konnten teilweise freigelegt und zur Besichtigung unter dem Chor der Kirche hergerichtet werden.

dieLagenf.

The manuscript consists of parchment and paper, sometimes even mixed within one quire.

Die Handschrift besteht aus Pergament und Papier, teilweise sogar innerhalb einer Lage gemischt.

2.3.3 The number of leaves contained in each quire is added to the signature as an exponent.

2.3.3 Die Anzahl der Blätter jeder Lage wird als Exponent zu der Signatur gesetzt.

derBogennm.

He folded each quire with precision to avoid any creases.

Er falte jeden Bogen mit Präzision, um Falten zu vermeiden.

The quire was ornate, embellished with designs that caught the eye.

Der Bogen war reich verziert, mit Designs, die ins Auge fielen.

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quire: Examples and translations in context

Rather, at roughly the same time, the apse was replaced with an enclosed quire.

Vielmehr ersetzte man annähernd gleichzeitig die Apsis durch einen gerade geschlossenen Chor.

In the 15th century, the quire was expanded and the tower added.

Im 15. Jahrhundert wurde der Chor erweitert und der Turm angefügt.

It was extended several times, and in 1400 the polygonal quire was added.

Sie wurde mehrfach erweitert und erhielt 1400 den polygonalen Chor.

The nave and quire date from 1470.

Kirchenschiff und Chor datieren von 1470.

The thin parchment has numerous small defects as well as mended tears in some places; the sixth quire is bound incorrectly.

Das dünne Pergament weist zahlreiche kleine Defekte und an manchen Stellen geflickte Risse auf, die sechste Lage ist falsch eingebunden.

The text is continuous, which indicates that the bifolium came from the middle of a quire; only a few verses are missing due to a cut in the upper part of the leaf.

Der Text ist aufeinanderfolgend, was darauf hinweist, dass sich das Doppelblatt in der Mitte einer Lage befand; nur durch den Zuschnitt des oberen Teils des Blattes fehlen einige Verse.

Discolorations and reinforcements on f. 1r and f. 307v suggest that the manuscript remained unbound for a while, which may explain the loss of a quire after f.

Verfärbungen und Verstärkungen von f. 1r und f. 307v lassen vermuten, dass die Handschrift längere Zeit ungebunden geblieben war, was möglicherweise den Verlust einer Lage nach f. 199 erklärt.

The study of the externalities of a manuscript (or printed book), for example the number of leaves (folded to make 4 writing surfaces) in each quire, watermarks of paper, ink, method of pricking, ruling, stitching etc.

Das Studium der äußeren Beschaffenheit eines Manuskripts (oder gedruckten Werks), wie z.B. die Anzahl der Blätter (zu vier Schreibflächen gefaltet), die jede Lage enthält, Wasserzeichen im Papier, die Tinte, das Verfahren des Pricking , die Linierung, die Heftung usw.

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