*In architecture, a frontispiece constitutes the elements that frame and decorate the main, or front, door to a building; especially when the main entrance's the chief face of the building, rather than being kept behind columns or a portico. A book frontispiece's an elaborate decorative illustration that appears facing the title page of the book. Use of the word to indicate the title page's now obsolete (Oxford English Dictionary).… (More on Frontispiece)