Tasnif Style Guide

Tasnif Style Guide — Page 27

CHAPTER 2: THE PARTS OF A BOOK 27 Arabic numbering of the pages starts with the first page of the Introduction, which begins on a recto. The Introduction is treated and numbered as the first chapter of the work. However, if the author did not include the Introduction, and it is written by someone else and included in the Front Matter, then it is num- bered in Roman numerals sequentially in the order it appears in the Front Matter. Text Arrangement and Structure It is beneficial to break up long books or content involving intri- cate subject matters into smaller sections of relatively consistent lengths. This facilitates the reading and comprehension of the material. This objective can be achieved through dividing the Text into paragraphs, parts, and chapters. Parts Parts represent large sections of the Main Text. They are generally numbered with upper-case Roman numerals (e. g. Part I, Part II, etc. ), but they can be numbered with Arabic numerals or spelled out (e. g. Part 2 or Part Two). Parts and their numbers are docu- mented on recto pages with a blank verso following it. Although the Part title pages do not show page numbers, they are counted in the sequential Arabic number pagination of the Text. The Part opening page may include a brief description of the Part's contents