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Prefaces

Scope note

Texts preceding the main work and containing comments about such matters as the reason for or circumstances of the author's writing the work, or comments by another about the author or the work.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300055032

Term used for

forewords

Equivalent Terms used

preface

Created

13yrs ago

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: prefaces" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-102391 Accessed: 2024-12-18 23:51:19

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