Recto and verso

Recto is the "right" or "front" side and verso is the "left" or "back" side when text is written or printed on a leaf of paper (folium) in a bound item such as a codex, book, broadsheet, or pamphlet.

"Recto" redirects here. For the road in Manila, Philippines, see Recto Avenue. For the LRT station, see Recto station.
"Recto Verso" redirects here. For the Zaz album, see Recto Verso (album).
"Verso" redirects here. For other uses, see Verso (disambiguation).
Left-to-right language books (e.g. English-language books): recto is the front page, verso is the back page. In this picture, the recto page shown is of the following page in a book and hence comes next to the verso of the previous page.
Right-to-left language books: recto is the front page, verso is the back page (vertical Chinese, vertical Japanese, Arabic, or Hebrew). In this picture, the recto page shown is of the following page in a book and hence comes next to the verso of the previous page.
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