• carta

    Latin term for papyrus sheet, later became “charter” referring to documents of all kinds
  • carton

    a container made from a single or multiple layers of paper derived from groundwood pulp, chemical pulp or recycled paper with an area density of between 150 and 600 g/m²
  • cartouche

    a decorative scrolling frame used in the baroque period in architecture, graphical art and book art
  • case in

    procedure in bookbinding by hand in which the book body is attached to the cover by means of a sheath
  • catalogue

    a register that serves as a general collection, a systematic inventory document or a form of accompanying documentation for an exhibition, range of products, etc.
  • Cataloguing in Publication (CIP)

    advance notification service fur as yet unpublished publications, existing in Germany in the period from 1971 to 2002
  • catchword

    the first word (or sometimes just a syllable) of the following page of a book appended at the foot of every page used to maintain the order and consistency of a work
  • Catholicon

    Latin dictionary including a grammar of the Dominican John Balbi of Genoa
  • cave paintings

    stone paintings located in caves or under rock peaks, often from the early-Palaeolithic era
  • censor

    person who is charged by a church or governmental authority with controlling publications