Nortish scrivenry

Scrivenry forms an important part of the Erbonian domestic industry. The Compagnie of Scriveners is a powerful national guild which controls the sale of scrivenry as well as the printing, engrossing and illumination trades. Scrivenry includes all paper, parchment, ink and stationery productions used for printing, engrossing, illumination and writing purposes.

Paper sizes

Relative paper sizes used in Great Nortend.

The sizes in which paper is sold or used in trade and commerce are prescribed by the Compagnie of Scriveners, which standardised the paper sizes in use in 1855. Paper sizes are named by reference to „base”, or „plano” paper sizes. The terms „folio”, „quarto”, „octavo”, „sextodecimo” and so on are used to refer to halved, quartered and eighthed sizes of the base paper size. These are abbreviated „2o”, „4to”, „8vo”, „16mo” and so on. Larger sizes may be named using the terms „double”, „fourfold” and „eightfold” (and so on) for doubled, quadrupled and octupled paper sizes; however, it is more common to refer to these larger sizes by unique names.

Table of common Nortish paper sizes

Size	Inches		Centimetres		Ratio	Name
FOOLSCAP SERIES
Eight	36	52	86.11	124.38	1.44	Double Soleil
Four	26	36	62.19	86.11	1.38	Soleil
Double	18	26	43.06	62.19	1.44	Demy
Plano	13	18	31.10	43.06	1.38	Foolscap
Folio	9	13	21.53	31.10	1.44	Foolscap Folio
Quarto	6.5	9	15.55	21.53	1.38	Foolscap Quarto
Octavo	4.5	6.5	10.76	15.55	1.44	Small Card
POST SERIES
Eight	42	60	100.46	143.52	1.43	Double Imperial
Four	30	42	71.76	100.46	1.40	Imperial
Double	21	30	50.23	71.76	1.43	Medium
Plano	15	21	35.88	50.23	1.40	Post
Folio	10.5	15	25.12	35.88	1.43	Post Folio
Quarto	7.5	10.5	17.94	25.12	1.40	Post Quarto
Octavo	5.25	7.5	12.56	17.94	1.43	Large Card
CROWN SERIES
Eight	46	66	110.03	157.87	1.43	Double Atlas
Four	33	46	78.94	110.03	1.39	Atlas
Double	23	33	55.02	78.94	1.43	Copydraught
Plano	16.5	23	39.47	55.02	1.39	Crown
Folio	11.5	16.5	27.51	39.47	1.43	Crown Folio
Quarto	8.25	11.5	19.73	27.51	1.39	Crown Quarto
Octavo	5.75	8.25	13.75	19.73	1.43	Crown Octavo
ELEPHANT SERIES
Eight	56	78	133.95	186.58	1.39	Double Hartroyal
Four	39	56	93.29	133.95	1.44	Hartroyal
Double	28	39	66.98	93.29	1.39	Crossmarten
Plano	19.5	28	46.64	66.98	1.44	Elephant
Folio	14	19.5	33.49	46.64	1.39	Elephant Folio
Quarto	9.75	14	23.32	33.49	1.44	Elephant Quarto
Octavo	7	9.75	16.74	23.32	1.39	Elephant Octavo