catchwords

[John Grove <jgrove@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

catchword:  On the last folio of a quire at the bottom right hand corner
a scribe will often give the FIRST word that should appear on the next
folio of the following quire.  Along with signatures,
catchwords are designed to assist the binder:  they can also assist
scholars by providing evidence that the manuscript was bound (or
rebound) wrongly, or that material was added to or removed
from the manuscript.

So, catchword doesn't fit any better than title - because the catchword
is supposed to alert the binder to the first word of the next page...
The VMS titles fall between paragraphs sometimes, and are quite lengthy
as well - more akin to a title than an indicator for codicology... Well,
it was an interesting website anyway!

John.