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
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 five „base” paper sizes. The terms „folio”, „quarto” and „octavo” are used to refer to halved, quartered and eighthed sizes of the base paper size. Larger sizes may be named using the terms „double”, „fourfold” and „eightfold” for doubled, quadrupled and octupled paper sizes; however, it is more common to refer to these sizes by unique names.
| Size
|
Inches
|
Ratio
|
Name
|
| SQUARE SERIES
|
| Eight
|
24
|
48
|
2
|
Eight Square
|
| Four
|
24
|
24
|
1
|
Four Square
|
| Double
|
12
|
24
|
2
|
Double Square
|
| –
|
12
|
12
|
1
|
Square
|
| Folio
|
6
|
12
|
2
|
Square Folio
|
| Quarto
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
Square Quarto
|
| Octavo
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
Square Octavo
|
| POST SERIES
|
| Eight
|
32
|
56
|
1.75
|
Double Atlas
|
| Four
|
28
|
32
|
1.142857
|
Atlas
|
| Double
|
16
|
28
|
1.75
|
Medium
|
| –
|
14
|
16
|
1.142857
|
POST
|
| Folio
|
8
|
14
|
1.75
|
Post Folio
|
| Quarto
|
7
|
8
|
1.142857
|
Post Quarto
|
| Octavo
|
4
|
7
|
1.75
|
Small Card
|
| FOOLSCAP SERIES
|
| Eight
|
40
|
64
|
1.6
|
Double Soleil
|
| Four
|
32
|
40
|
1.25
|
Soleil
|
| Double
|
20
|
32
|
1.6
|
Demy
|
| –
|
16
|
20
|
1.25
|
FOOLSCAP
|
| Folio
|
10
|
16
|
1.6
|
Foolscap Folio
|
| Quarto
|
8
|
10
|
1.25
|
Foolscap Quarto
|
| Octavo
|
5
|
8
|
1.6
|
Large Card
|
| CROWN SERIES
|
| Eight
|
48
|
72
|
1.5
|
Double Imperial
|
| Four
|
36
|
48
|
1.333333
|
Imperial
|
| Double
|
24
|
36
|
1.5
|
Copydraught
|
| –
|
18
|
24
|
1.333333
|
CROWN
|
| Folio
|
12
|
18
|
1.5
|
Crown Folio
|
| Quarto
|
9
|
12
|
1.333333
|
Crown Quarto
|
| Octavo
|
6
|
9
|
1.5
|
Crown Octavo
|
| ELEPHANT SERIES
|
| Eight
|
56
|
80
|
1.428571
|
Double Hartroyal
|
| Four
|
40
|
56
|
1.4
|
Hartroyal
|
| Double
|
28
|
40
|
1.428571
|
Crossmarten
|
| –
|
20
|
28
|
1.4
|
ELEPHANT
|
| Folio
|
14
|
20
|
1.428571
|
Elephant Folio
|
| Quarto
|
10
|
14
|
1.4
|
Elephant Quarto
|
| Octavo
|
7
|
10
|
1.428571
|
Elephant Octavo
|
