*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).… (
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