I.   Introductory Provisions

Books are the eighth of thirty-three (33) Administrative Elements of Trust being a set of one or more written, electronic, or printed, illustrated or blank sheets used to create valid Registers, Accounts, Inventories, Memoranda, Journals and Ledgers of the Trust or Estate or Fund. An electronic Book is also called an e-Book.

Whether electronic or printed, a single sheet within a Book is called a Leaf and each side of a leaf is called a Page:

(i) The front Page (or obverse) of a Leaf is called the Recto, or “right page”; and

(ii) The back Page (or reverse) of a Leaf is called the Verso, or “turned page”.

Whether electronic or printed, there are by traditional eight elements to an ecclesiastically and lawfully valid Book:

(i) Opera, or “Work” is the formal name for the entire Book and all its elements; and

(ii) Operculum, or “Cover” is the formal name for the covering of the Book, which may or may not include a brief Title for the Work; and

(iii) Frontispicium, or “Frontispiece” is the formal name for the tradition since the 16th Century of some illustration or symbols signifying the artistic message of the Work that is on the first Verso (left page) before the main Title Page; and

(iii) Titulus, or “Title” is the first Recto (right page) being the formal name of the Work and the Author, the Place of Creation and Year of Creation; and

(iv) Publicatio, or “Legal Authority to Publish” is the Verso (left or back page) after the Title on which is listed any legal right to ownership or printing or publication; and

(v) Dedicatio, or “Dedication and Prayer” is the Recto (right page) next to the Publicatio on which a formal dedication or prayer or petition is given as to the accuracy of the information or nature of information to follow; and

(vi) Praefatio, or “Preface” is the formal introduction as literally “first testimony” to the facts of the Book, before the body of the Work; and

(vi) Tabulae, or “Table (of Contents)” is the formal Contents of the Book as technically a “schedule” to the Preface; and

(vii) Literatura, or “Literature” is the formal Body of the Book and the details of its contents as “evidence” to the Table of Contents; and

(viii) Testificatio, or “Attestation” is the final prayer and testification that all that has been written in previous pages is true and correct.

A Book may be further defined as a Monograph, Periodical, Treatise, Manual and Compendium:

(i) A Monograph (from Ancient Greek mono =“single” and grapho=”to write”), is a self-contained work of fictional or non-fictional writing on a single subject or aspect of a subject; and

(ii) A Periodical (from Latin periodicus = “cyclical”) is a serialized and periodically published work of fictional or non-fictional writing on a single subject or aspect of a subject or some comprehensive compilation of some body of knowledge.

(iii) A Treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on a single subject or aspect of a subject, normally by a single author and discovering, debating or proposing logical principles and conclusions; and

(iv) A Manual is a formal and systematic written on a single subject or aspect of a subject, for the purpose of instruction; and

(v) A Compendium (from Latin compenso=”to weigh together or balance”) is a concise and comprehensive compilation of some body of knowledge, that may or may not summarize a larger work.

Elements of the management of a Trust or Estate or Fund such as Registers, Rolls, Accounts, Inventories, Memoranda, Journals and Ledgers may be in separate Books, or sections within the same Book.

A Blank Page is any Page in a Book on which no writing or printing has been inscribed or impressed. A Page with a Page Number or any sign or symbol is NOT a Blank Page. A Blank Page by tradition denotes an incomplete Work.

No valid Registers, Accounts, Inventories, Memoranda, Journals and Ledgers of the Trust or Estate or Fund are permitted to contain Blank Pages. Therefore all Pages of all Books in use for such purpose must be uniquely numbered so that under no circumstances can it be implied or construed that such Works contain Blank Pages.