leporello
See also: Leporello
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Leporello, the servant of the eponymous character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, who unfolds a long list of Don Giovanni's love conquests.
Noun
editleporello (countable and uncountable, plural leporellos)
- (uncountable, printing) A style of parallel folding with the folds alternating between front and back; concertina fold.
- 2011, J. Susan Isaacs, “Artist Biographies and Works in Exhibition”, in J. Susan Isaacs, editor, The Book: A Contemporary View, Wilmington, DE: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, →ISBN, page 18:
- Because of the accordion fold and leporello binding the book can be stretched out to its full length, showing a rich color field in transition.
- (countable, printing) Any printed material (book, leaflet etc.) having such folds; a concertina.
- 1985, Orana, volumes 21–22, page 94:
- These charming leporellos are once more available from Australian lBBY. The first batch sold out very quickly. ¶ The leporellos, consisting of ten frames each, with each frame having been designed by some of the world's most famous children's illustrators, may be used as […]
- 1990, Art Aurea, numbers 1–4, page 85:
- Paper artworks belong in an analagous category, not unrelated to the works of book art. Designer Michael Marschall presents colorfully printed, folded and punched cards and leporellos – prototypes from the field of graphic design.
- 2013, Rolf Sachsse, “Architecture”, in John Hannavy, editor, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, volumes 1: A–I, Routledge, →ISBN, page 62:
- Mostly these—anonymously manufactured—portfolios were conceived as leporellos with a panoramic view of 360° in twelve images on the front and twelve singular images showing individual edifices on the back. Today, these leporellos often mark the earliest records of the existence of these cities.
Translations
editprinted material having leporello folds