![[Picture: fore-edge]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Caussin-HolyCourt/pages/000-Front-Cover-3/000-Front-Cover-3-219x960.jpg "[Picture: fore-edge]")
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The fore-edge of the book: you’re looking at the front of the book, the opposite to the spine. It is marbled, a decoration that also served to seal the edges of the pages so that the book can be dusted more easily.
