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right language books (such as English) Right-to-left language
books (such as Arabic)  The recto and verso are respectively the
"front" and "back" sides of a leaf of paper in a bound item such
as a codex, book, broadsheet, or pamphlet. In languages written
from left to right (such as English) the recto is the right-hand
page and the verso the left-hand page (excepting some first
pages). These are terms of art in the binding, printing, and
publishing industries, and can be applied more broadly to any
field where physical documents are exchanged.  The term recto-
verso describes two-sided text. The terms are important in the
field of codicology, where each physical sheet of a manuscript
is numbered and the sides are referred to as recto and verso.
Critical editions of manuscripts will often mark the position of
text in the original manuscript, or manuscripts, in the style
'42r.' or '673vº'. Often "