Quadrangle

The word comes from the Late Latin Quadrangel quadr ( i) angulum, square ' and is used primarily as a term for a special type of pagination of early modern and modern records.

Quadrangel in the files being

By Quadrangeln the individual documents of a file are numbered consecutively. In general, this number was attached to the left top of the page and framed by a square or a rhombus. The term Quadrangel refers to this framing and then remained still in use after renounced the frame. The Quadrangeln was performed by employees in the registry.

Others use

Typography

In typography, the term refers to the Quadrangel diamond-shaped test, eg in Gothic type.

Architecture

The term Quadrangle is used in the English-speaking area within the architecture for a rectangular courtyard.