quire in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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The somewhat narrower quire with its arch and 5/8 end is set to the east, ahead of the tower.
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It has 259 vellum folios, most of which are gathered into quires of eight folios.
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In a completed book, each quire is sewn through its fold.
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In 1682, the choir screen (built in 1252) was broken out to expand the quire towards the nave.
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The traditional organization of book production fell apart; they were made up of libraries doling out quires to scribes and illuminators, who lived in proximity.
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Due to the position of the site inserted between neighbouring houses the quire of the church is not properly oriented, but directed to the southeast.
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The outside is dominated by the quire tower.
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A round quire arch joins the nave with the towers ground floor, which forms with the adjoining apse the choir.
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The leaves are arranged in octavo (eight leaves in quire).
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It consists of 142 leaves while the first six (the first quire) are lost.
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