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a presentation miniature showing the book or text being presented (by whom and to whom varies) was often used as a frontispiece.

Etymology

The word comes from the French frontispice, which derives from the late Latin frontispicium, composed of the Latin frons ('forehead') and specere ('to look at'). It was synonymous with 'metoposcopy'.

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