Front Matter¶

The FRT book and its divisions can be used for storing various material which is typically presented at the start of a scripture publication, before the first book of scripture.

\periph Title Page¶

\mt# - Main title.
\pc - Centered paragraph.
\fig …\fig* - Figure.

Text Sample

\id FRT
...
\periph Title Page
\mt1 Holy Bible
\mt3 with
\mt2 Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha
\pc Good News Translation
\pc \fig |gntLogo.jpg|span||||\fig*
\pc \fig |absLogo.jpg|span||||\fig*
\pc American Bible Society

\periph Half Title Page¶

mt# - Main title.
pc - Centered paragraph.
\fig …\fig* - Figure.

Text Sample

\id FRT
...
\periph Half Title Page
\mt1 Holy Bible
\pc Good News Translation
\pc \fig |gntLogo.jpg|span||||\fig*

\periph Promotional Page¶

\mt# - Main title.
\s# - Section heading.
\p - Paragraph.
\m - Flush left (margin) paragraph.
\pi# - Indented paragraph.
\li# - List item.
\q# - Poetic line.

\periph Imprimatur¶

\mt# - Main title.
\pc - Centered paragraph.
\p - Paragraph.
\tr, \th#, \thr#, \tc#, \tcr# - For any tabular data.
\fig …\fig* - Figure.

\periph Publication Data¶

\mt# - Main title.
\pc - Centered paragraph.
\p - Paragraph.
\tr, \th#, \thr#, \tc#, \tcr# - For any tabular data.

\periph Foreword¶

\mt# - Main title.
\s# - Section heading.
\p - Paragraph.
\m - Flush left (margin) paragraph.
\pi# - Indented paragraph.
\li# - List item.
\q# - Poetic line.
\tr, \th#, \thr#, \tc#, \tcr# - For any tabular data.
\bk …\bk*, \qt …\qt*, \tl …\tl* or other character styles
\fig …\fig* - Figure.

\periph Preface¶

\mt# - Main title.
\s# - Section heading.
\p - Paragraph.
\m - Flush left (margin) paragraph.
\pi# - Indented paragraph.
\li# - List item.
\q# - Poetic line.
\tr, \th#, \thr#, \tc#, \tcr# - For any tabular data.
\bk …\bk*, \qt …\qt*, \tl …\tl* or other character styles
\fig …\fig* - Figure.

\periph Table of Contents¶

\mt# - Main title.
\s# - Section heading.
\tr, \th#, \thr#, \tc#, \tcr# - For any tabular data.

Text Sample

In the following example, the variable # represents the location of a page number, to be inserted during the typesetting process.

\id FRT
...
\periph Table of Contents
\mt Contents
\s Old Testament
\tr  \th1 Name  \thr2 Page \th3 Name \thr4 Page
\tr \tc1 Genesis \tcr2 # \tc3 Ecclesiastes \tcr4 #
\tr \tc1 Exodus \tcr2 # \tc3 Song of Songs \tcr4 #
\tr \tc1 Leviticus \tcr2 # \tc3 Isaiah \tcr4 #
...
\s New Testament
\tr  \th1 Name  \thr2 Page \th3 Name \thr4 Page
\tr \tc1 Matthew \tcr2 # \tc3 1 Timothy \tcr4 #

\periph Alphabetical Contents¶

\mt# - Main title.
\s# - Section heading.
\tr, \th#, \thr#, \tc#, \tcr# - For any tabular data.

\periph Table of Abbreviations¶

\mt# - Main title.
\s# - Section heading.
\tr, \th#, \thr#, \tc#, \tcr# - For any tabular data.

Text Sample

\id FRT
...
\periph Table of Abbreviations
\mt1 Alphabetical List of Biblical Books and Abbreviations
\tr  \th1 Name \th2 Abbrev.  \thr3 Page
\tr  \tc1 Acts \tc2 Ac \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 Amos \tc2 Am \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 1 Chronicles \tc2 1Ch \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 2 Chronicles \tc2 2Ch \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 Colossians \tc2 Col \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 1 Corinthians \tc2 1Co \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 2 Corinthians \tc2 2Co \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 Daniel \tc2 Dn \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 Deuteronomy \tc2 Dt \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 Ecclesiastes \tc2 Ec \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 Ephesians \tc2 Eph \tcr3 #
\tr  \tc1 Esther \tc2 Es \tcr3 #
...
\s1 Other Abbreviations
\tr  \tc1 Circa (around) \tc2 c \tc3 #
\tr  \tc1 Old Testament \tc2 OT \tc3 #
\tr  \tc1 New Testament \tc2 NT \tc3 #
\tr  \tc1 Septuagint \tc2 LXX \tc3 #