folio

Japanese: folio
folio

…contrast with scrolls. In the 4th century, the book format changed from scrolls made of weak and durable papyrus to codexes made of overlapping parchment leaves (folios), which stimulated the rapid development of medieval Christian manuscript illustration. Medieval manuscripts were lavishly colored with opaque paints and illustrated on full pages, becoming a branch of medieval art comparable to panel painting and murals. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "folio" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…巻子本と対比される。4世紀に,水に弱く耐久性の乏しいパピルスによる巻物から,羊皮紙葉(フォリオfolio)を重ね合わせてとじたコデックスへと書籍形式が変化するが,これは中世キリスト教写本挿絵に急速な発展を促した。中世写本は,不透明な絵具で豪華に彩色され,挿絵も全ページにわたって描かれるようになり,板絵や壁画に匹敵する中世美術の一分野をなした。…

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