frontispiecen.

/ˈfrʌntɪspiːs/

Forms: 1600s frontispice, frontispeece, ( frontespice, frontice-piece, frontispeice), 1500s– frontispiece.

Etymology: < French frontispice, < medieval Latin frontispicium lit. ‘looking at the forehead’, metoposcopy, hence physiognomy, countenance, face or façade of a building, < Latin front(i)- (see front n.) + spicium, < early Latin specĕre to look. In English the spelling was very early assimilated to that of piece.

a. The principal face or front of a building; ‘but the term is more usually applied to the decorated entrance of a building’ (Gwilt).

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > façade

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1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. v. ii. 64 But if thou chance cast vp thy wondring eyes, Thou shalt descerne vpon the Frontispice, ΟΥΔΕΙΣ ΕΙΣΙΤΩ grauen vp on hye.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 15 An indiscreet builder, who preferreth the care of his frontispice before the maine foundation.

1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 45 The French King gives 10000 Livres for the Frontis-peice.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxvi. 226 The ornaments of the architecture, and the relievo in the frontispiece, are after the Chinese and Japan manner.

1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. lvi. 302 The temple..was of white marble. On the frontispiece was the..chariot of the Sun.

1855 J. Fergusson Illustr. Handbk. Archit. II. 772 As a frontispiece..it [the three-gabled front of the Cathedral of Orvieto] is not without considerable appropriateness and even beauty.

1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece 102 The façade [of the Cathedral of Orvieto] is a triumph of decorative art. It is strictly what Fergusson has styled a ‘frontispiece’; for it bears no relation whatever to the construction of the building.

figurative and in extended use.1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B2 Hee had this cœlestiall sentence..engrauen on the frontispice of his heart.a1678 A. Marvell Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 78 A Stately Frontispice of Poor Adorns without the open Door.1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. xi. 257 Who is it has informed us, that a Rational Soul can inhabit no Tenement, unless it has just such a sort of Frontispiece.1728 R. Glover Isaac Newton ii, in H. Pemberton View Sir Isaac Newton's Philos. 207 The ev'ning on the frontispiece of heav'n His mantle spreads with many colours gay.

†b. The summit of a building. Obsolete. [So sometimes medieval Latin frontispicium.]

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > summit of building

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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xxiii. 368 The image of Jupiter..in the lanterne or frontispice [L. culmine] of the Capitoll.

2. The pediment over a door, gate, etc. Also, a sculptured or engraved panel.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pediment over doors, windows, etc.

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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 580 The very frontispiece and maine lintle-tree which lay ouer the jambes or cheekes of the great dore of the said temple.

1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 41 Upon the upright of the Upper Counter, standeth Victory, in the middle of a Frontispiece.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 506 A Kingly Palace Gate With Frontispice of Diamond and Gold Imbellisht.

1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland iii. 173 The great Dome is a magnificent building, but the Frontispeece to the great Gate is not yet made.

1819 P. B. Shelley To Peacock 25 Feb. Columns..supporting a perfect architrave, and two shattered frontispieces.

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §109. 76 An Ionic portico on the outside, and on each side a Doric frontispiece.

figurative.1622 E. Misselden Free Trade (ed. 2) 2 When God himselfe setteth these duties in the frontispice or top of both the Tables of the Decalogue.

†3. The first page of a book or pamphlet, or what is printed on it; the title page including illustrations and table of contents; hence, an introduction or preface. Obsolete.

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society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [noun] > page > first or title page

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1607 R. C. in tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders Ep. Ded. i. sig. ¶4^v I could see none..fitter to be placed in the Frontispice of this worke..then your two Lordships.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 226 In the Frontispice of Ina's laws, he saith he made them with the assent and help of his Bishops.

1619 E. M. Bolton in tr. Florus Rom. Hist. To Rdr. 3 Hee figures the whole people of Rome, in the person of a Man (as the frontispice sheweth).

1646 Burgess in Presbyterian Rev. (1887) 317 This speech..a scoffing Remonstrant takes, and sets it forth odiously in the Frontispice of his Book.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 361 A Declaration (which he caused to be printed, and, in the Frontispiece, recommended to the consideration of all his loving Subjects).

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 296. ⁋1 Your prefixing Greek Motto's to the Frontispiece of your late Papers.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Frontispiece..the Title or first Page of a Book done in Picture.

figurative.a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 409 His face was the frontispice of his mind; he knew not how to dissemble a thought.1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. v. 57 Godly sorrow is but the frontispiece or title page.1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. ii. 12 Nature..never meant a serene and clear forehead should be the frontispiece to a cloudy tempestuous heart.1704 S. Wesley Def. Let. conc. Educ. Dissenters 23 Stephen Marshall, the very Frontispiece of Smectimnuus.

4. An illustration facing the title page of a book or division of a book. (The current sense.)The ‘Frontis-piece’ of the first quot. faces the title page.

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society > communication > book > illustration of books > [noun] > an illustration > facing title-page

frontispiece1682

1682 Lithgow's Trav. iii. 120 And lo in the Frontis-piece is my Effigies affixed with my Turkish habit..even as I travelled.

1748 Lady Luxborough Let. 28 May in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 28 I grudge six shillings for Hervey's Meditations..but I want to see the frontispieces.

1753 T. Gray Let. 13 Feb. in Corr. (1971) I. 372 If I had received such a book with such a frontispiece..it would have given me a palsy.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 368 The engraving which forms the frontispiece to this volume..is illustrative of this accident.

1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 8 One of them appears in the Frontispiece which is taken from Seymour's ‘Compleat Gamester’.

figurative.1691 J. Wilson Belphegor i. ii In a word, a thing made up of so many several parishes, that you'd have taken him at first sight for a frontispiece of the resurrection.

5. The front piece or forepart of anything.

a. The face or forehead. Chiefly jocular.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun]

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [noun]

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a1625 Grobian's Nuptialls, MS. Bodl. 30, lf. 17 a That fayre frontispeece of yours.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. 23 It was a pity that..so beautiful a frontispiece should cover a mind devoid of internal grace.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. i. iv. 120 A smart little father, with a bit of toupet on his frontispiece.

1821 Sporting Mag. 8 233 Hammering his frontispiece to the appearance of a pudding-stone.

1872 R. Browning Fifine xcv No face-shape, beast or bird..but some one had preferred From out its frontispiece..To make the vizard whence himself should view the world.

†b. In a theatre: The front scenery; also, the forepart of the stage. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > front of stage

frontispiece1651

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1651 L. Willan Astræa sig. A8 The Shepherdess avanceth to the Frontispiece of the Scene.

1674 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest (new ed.) i. i. 1 The Curtain rises, and discovers a new Frontispiece, joyn'd to the great Pylasters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	frontispiece
释义	frontispiecen. /ˈfrʌntɪspiːs/ Forms: 1600s frontispice, frontispeece, ( frontespice, frontice-piece, frontispeice), 1500s– frontispiece. Etymology: < French frontispice, < medieval Latin frontispicium lit. ‘looking at the forehead’, metoposcopy, hence physiognomy, countenance, face or façade of a building, < Latin front(i)- (see front n.) + spicium, < early Latin specĕre to look. In English the spelling was very early assimilated to that of piece. 1. a. The principal face or front of a building; ‘but the term is more usually applied to the decorated entrance of a building’ (Gwilt). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > façade frontispiece1598 frontal1786 frontlet1808 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. v. ii. 64 But if thou chance cast vp thy wondring eyes, Thou shalt descerne vpon the Frontispice, ΟΥΔΕΙΣ ΕΙΣΙΤΩ grauen vp on hye. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 15 An indiscreet builder, who preferreth the care of his frontispice before the maine foundation. 1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 45 The French King gives 10000 Livres for the Frontis-peice. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxvi. 226 The ornaments of the architecture, and the relievo in the frontispiece, are after the Chinese and Japan manner. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. lvi. 302 The temple..was of white marble. On the frontispiece was the..chariot of the Sun. 1855 J. Fergusson Illustr. Handbk. Archit. II. 772 As a frontispiece..it [the three-gabled front of the Cathedral of Orvieto] is not without considerable appropriateness and even beauty. 1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece 102 The façade [of the Cathedral of Orvieto] is a triumph of decorative art. It is strictly what Fergusson has styled a ‘frontispiece’; for it bears no relation whatever to the construction of the building. figurative and in extended use.1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B2 Hee had this cœlestiall sentence..engrauen on the frontispice of his heart.a1678 A. Marvell Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 78 A Stately Frontispice of Poor Adorns without the open Door.1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. xi. 257 Who is it has informed us, that a Rational Soul can inhabit no Tenement, unless it has just such a sort of Frontispiece.1728 R. Glover Isaac Newton ii, in H. Pemberton View Sir Isaac Newton's Philos. 207 The ev'ning on the frontispiece of heav'n His mantle spreads with many colours gay. †b. The summit of a building. Obsolete. [So sometimes medieval Latin frontispicium.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > summit of building frontispiece1600 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xxiii. 368 The image of Jupiter..in the lanterne or frontispice [L. culmine] of the Capitoll. 2. The pediment over a door, gate, etc. Also, a sculptured or engraved panel. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pediment over doors, windows, etc. pediment1592 frontispiece1601 fronton1699 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 580 The very frontispiece and maine lintle-tree which lay ouer the jambes or cheekes of the great dore of the said temple. 1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 41 Upon the upright of the Upper Counter, standeth Victory, in the middle of a Frontispiece. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 506 A Kingly Palace Gate With Frontispice of Diamond and Gold Imbellisht. View more context for this quotation 1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland iii. 173 The great Dome is a magnificent building, but the Frontispeece to the great Gate is not yet made. 1819 P. B. Shelley To Peacock 25 Feb. Columns..supporting a perfect architrave, and two shattered frontispieces. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §109. 76 An Ionic portico on the outside, and on each side a Doric frontispiece. figurative.1622 E. Misselden Free Trade (ed. 2) 2 When God himselfe setteth these duties in the frontispice or top of both the Tables of the Decalogue. †3. The first page of a book or pamphlet, or what is printed on it; the title page including illustrations and table of contents; hence, an introduction or preface. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [noun] > page > first or title page title page1592 frontispiece1607 fore-page1623 front1646 title1651 1607 R. C. in tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders Ep. Ded. i. sig. ¶4^v I could see none..fitter to be placed in the Frontispice of this worke..then your two Lordships. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 226 In the Frontispice of Ina's laws, he saith he made them with the assent and help of his Bishops. 1619 E. M. Bolton in tr. Florus Rom. Hist. To Rdr. 3 Hee figures the whole people of Rome, in the person of a Man (as the frontispice sheweth). 1646 Burgess in Presbyterian Rev. (1887) 317 This speech..a scoffing Remonstrant takes, and sets it forth odiously in the Frontispice of his Book. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 361 A Declaration (which he caused to be printed, and, in the Frontispiece, recommended to the consideration of all his loving Subjects). 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 296. ⁋1 Your prefixing Greek Motto's to the Frontispiece of your late Papers. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Frontispiece..the Title or first Page of a Book done in Picture. figurative.a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 409 His face was the frontispice of his mind; he knew not how to dissemble a thought.1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. v. 57 Godly sorrow is but the frontispiece or title page.1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. ii. 12 Nature..never meant a serene and clear forehead should be the frontispiece to a cloudy tempestuous heart.1704 S. Wesley Def. Let. conc. Educ. Dissenters 23 Stephen Marshall, the very Frontispiece of Smectimnuus. 4. An illustration facing the title page of a book or division of a book. (The current sense.)The ‘Frontis-piece’ of the first quot. faces the title page. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > illustration of books > [noun] > an illustration > facing title-page frontispiece1682 1682 Lithgow's Trav. iii. 120 And lo in the Frontis-piece is my Effigies affixed with my Turkish habit..even as I travelled. 1748 Lady Luxborough Let. 28 May in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 28 I grudge six shillings for Hervey's Meditations..but I want to see the frontispieces. 1753 T. Gray Let. 13 Feb. in Corr. (1971) I. 372 If I had received such a book with such a frontispiece..it would have given me a palsy. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 368 The engraving which forms the frontispiece to this volume..is illustrative of this accident. 1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 8 One of them appears in the Frontispiece which is taken from Seymour's ‘Compleat Gamester’. figurative.1691 J. Wilson Belphegor i. ii In a word, a thing made up of so many several parishes, that you'd have taken him at first sight for a frontispiece of the resurrection. 5. The front piece or forepart of anything. a. The face or forehead. Chiefly jocular. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] leera700 nebeOE onseneeOE wlitec950 anlethOE nebshaftc1225 snouta1300 facec1300 visage1303 semblantc1315 vicea1325 cheera1350 countenance1393 front1398 fashiona1400 visurec1400 physiognomyc1425 groina1500 faxa1522 favour1525 facies1565 visor1575 complexiona1616 frontispiecea1625 mun1667 phiz1687 mug1708 mazard1725 physiog1791 dial plate1811 fizzog1811 jiba1825 dial1837 figurehead1840 Chevy Chase1859 mooey1859 snoot1861 chivvy1889 clock1899 map1899 mush1902 pan1920 kisser1938 boat1958 boat race1958 punim1965 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [noun] foreheadc1000 frontc1290 brow1535 frontier1583 frontispiecea1625 forestam1790 a1625 Grobian's Nuptialls, MS. Bodl. 30, lf. 17 a That fayre frontispeece of yours. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. 23 It was a pity that..so beautiful a frontispiece should cover a mind devoid of internal grace. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. i. iv. 120 A smart little father, with a bit of toupet on his frontispiece. 1821 Sporting Mag. 8 233 Hammering his frontispiece to the appearance of a pudding-stone. 1872 R. Browning Fifine xcv No face-shape, beast or bird..but some one had preferred From out its frontispiece..To make the vizard whence himself should view the world. †b. In a theatre: The front scenery; also, the forepart of the stage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > front of stage frontispiece1651 fore-stage1923 1651 L. Willan Astræa sig. A8 The Shepherdess avanceth to the Frontispiece of the Scene. 1674 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest (new ed.) i. i. 1 The Curtain rises, and discovers a new Frontispiece, joyn'd to the great Pylasters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). frontispiecev. /ˈfrʌntɪspiːs/ Etymology: < frontispiece n. transitive. a. To furnish with as a frontispiece n. (senses 3, and 4), put a frontispiece to. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with frontispiece front1609 frontispiece1715 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 12 Those two Clementin Epistles..wherewith..Cotelerius frontispiec'd his Collection of Apostolick Remains. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 297 His insolent Sermon, Sawcily frontispiec'd, Non-Resistance without Priestcraft, &c. c1821 Ld. Byron in Dowden Shelley (1887) II. 364 I have advised him to frontispiece his book with his own head, Capo di Traditore, the head of a traitor. 1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 34 Poole's Sketches..are frontispieced with an engraving. b. To represent on the frontispiece. ΚΠ 1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 201 [He] is frontispieced most abominably, in a sort of caricature of the Freischutz. c. To put as a frontispiece. ΚΠ 1894 Speaker 19 May 560/2 Let him frontispiece a good map. Derivatives ˈfrontispiecer n. one who supplies a frontispiece. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [noun] > page > first or title page > one who supplies frontispiecer1828 1828 C. Lamb Let. 5 Dec. (1935) III. 194 I esteem thy verses..honour thy frontispicer, and..right-reverence thy..Dedicatee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1598v.1715
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