colophon definition by Wordo

Noun

In

manuscripts

(

typically

before

the

invention

of

printing

),

the

note

,

usually

at

the

end

,

left

by

the

scribe

who

copied

it

,

giving

information

on

their

exemplar

,

where

and

when

the

copy

was

made

,

and

sometimes

,

their

own

name

.