# Last edited on 2004-11-17 11:24:47 by stolfi
# Introduction

# GLOSSARY
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# These defintions extend and complement the glossary included in the 
# interlinear file "text16e7.evt".
# 
# /contents/ 
#   (Of a /page/) The text and drawings in a page.
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# /paragraph size/ 
#   
#   The number of lines of a paragraph is usually given as M.N, where
#   M is the number of whole lines, and N/10 is the width of the last
#   line, relative to the total width available for it (not counting
#   any space taken up by figures, folds, creases).
#
# /mechanically drawn/
#   The opposite of freehand. Said of straight lines that seem to have
#   been traced with ruler. Also said of circles that seem to have
#   been drawn with compass, or by tracing some round object.
#   (Jim Reeds, reporting on his Beinecke visit [13 Jul 94], says that
#   "there were no pricks or pounce marks, no rulings except
#   on the circular diagrams.")
# 
# /breasts/
#   Visible female breasts, bare or clothed.
#
# /scales/
#   A common decoration motif consisting of close-packed and overlapping 
#   U-shaped strokes, arranged in overlapping rows like scales or shingles.
#   Scales that are completely visible usually have a tongue-like shape,
#   with a round tip and parallel sides narrowing, slightly towards 
#   the attachment edge.
#
#   This motif could represent closely-packed leaves, feathers, roof
#   tiles, flaps of fabric, etc. On one diagrams, some nymphs are
#   buried waist-deep in a field of scales, so it could be clouds,
#   grass, bushes, or a planted field. Another compelling
#   interpretation in some contexts is a layer of closely-packed seeds
#   or florets, as in corn, pomegranate, sunflower, etc.