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quires, plural;
  1. Four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts

  2. Any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book

  3. 25 (formerly 24) sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream

  1. a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
  2. Architecturally, the choir (Anglican alt. spelling quire) is the area of a church or cathedral, usually in the western part of the chancel between the nave and the sanctuary (which houses the altar). The choir is occasionally located in the eastern part of the nave. ...
  3. One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). ...
  4. (QUIRED) A ream of paper in which the sheets are folded in half, rather than flat.
  5. (Quires) Gatherings of groups of pages into sections, which are then sewn together on one side to form a book.
  6. Quires are "gatherings" of bifolia (pieces of paper folded in half to produce two leaves). Usually 4 or 5 bifolia were stacked together to form one quire. ...
  7. 1/20th of a ream (25 sheets).
  8. a bundle of rectangular parchment sheets, folded and stitched to form a section of a book prior to binding; also called a gathering
  9. Gathering or "booklet" of which a book is formed. Quire numeration, which began in the Late Antique period, consists of numbers written on a quire (usually on its final verso) to facilitate arrangement during binding.
  10. A collection of individual leaves sewn together, usually containing between four and twelve leaves per quire. This "gathering" or "booklet" of individual pages would then be sewn into the larger collection of pages to make the entire book. ...
  11. a set of bifolios folded around a central "gutter" into a small chapter-like entity: typically 16 pages long. If numbered (as they are in the VMS, usually on the bottom right of the back of each quire), the numbering is referred to as its quiration.
  12. 1. One-twentieth of a ream of paper, or 25 sheets (sometimes 24 sheets plus an outside sheet) in the case of a 500-sheet ream, or 24 sheets in the case of a 480-sheet ream. 2. A gathering (section), particularly when unfolded (i.e., printed but unfolded). ...
  13. Quires are the "gatherings" or "booklets" of which a book is formed. Click here to close this window
  14. A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book.
  15. A group of leaves folded together prior to binding
  16. A set of leaves which are stitched together. This is most often a single signature, but may be several nested signatures. The quires for a single book are arranged in order and then stitched together as a set.
  17. Folded paper of certain pages, usually 4, 8, or 16 pages.
  18. The group of leaves formed after the printed sheet has been folded to the size of the book and before it is combined in proper order with its fellows for binding.
  19. 1) Twentieth of a ream (ie 25 sheets). Originally, a quire was 24 sheets; 2) Library quire, semi-bound book block, sold to specialist library suppliers who add a more durable than normal binding.