Here’s some random but interesting information for your Tuesday. Ever wondered why those really old books – the folios – are such an awkward size? Blame it on the sheep. Apparently medieval books were sized according to medieval sheep sizes. 
Folio, quarto, octavo, sixteenmo, thirty-twomo… all based on the size of sheep skins. Read all about it!
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Is thirtytwo-mo really a word?
ReplyDeleteSharon once gave me a book that I swear was a onetwentyeight-mo. Anytime you put the suffix "mo" at the end of something, I will laugh. That's pretty much a guarantee.
ReplyDeleteAll kidding aside, this was all news to me. Thanks for shearing! ;-)