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opisthograph
opisthograph, n. (a.) Gr. and Rom. Antiq. (əʊˈpɪsθəʊgrɑːf, -æ-) [ad. Gr. ὀπισθόγραϕος written on the back or cover, f. ὀπισθο- + -γραϕος written.] A manuscript written on the back as well as the front of the papyrus or parchment; also, a slab inscribed on both sides. b. adj. = opisthographic.1623 Co...
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anopisthograph
anopisthograph, a. (ˌænəʊˈpɪsθəʊgrɑːf, -æ-) [f. Gr. ἀν- (an- 10) + ὀπισθόγραϕος opisthograph.] Having no writing (or printing) on the back; inscribed only on one side. Also ˌanopisthoˈgraphic, -ical adjs.; hence ˌanopisthoˈgraphically adv.1871 H. Bradshaw in Coll. Pap. (1889) xiv. 263 If a fragment ...
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 654
The fragment contains logia (sayings) 1–7 of the Gospel of Thomas on the verso side of the leaf (opisthograph).
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Early Christian inscriptions
already inscribed, that is, to take the reverse of a slab already used for an inscription for the inscribing of a Christian one; such a slab is called an opisthograph
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