quire in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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The preserved parchment book consists of four quires, a fifth quire has been lost.
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The leaves are arranged in quarto in quire.
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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 steeple stands at the east and earlier formed the quire.
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The quire (in an early form) and nave were already in use by 1299.
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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 leaves are arranged in octavo (eight leaves in quire).
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At least four other quires have been lost, together with almost all of a sister volume listing lands given in benefice.
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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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In medieval manuscripts a gathering, or quire, was most often formed of 4 folded sheets of vellum or parchment, i.e. 8 leaves, 16 sides.
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