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A full foolscap paper sheet is actually {{convert|17|xx|13+1/2|in|0}} in size, and a [[folio (printing)|folio]] sheet of any type is half the standard sheet size or a subdivision of this into halves, quarters and so on.
Foolscap was named after the [[Court jester|fool]]'s caps and bells [[watermark]] commonly used from the fifteenth century onwards on paper of these dimensions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Müller, Lothar |title=White Magic: The Age of Paper. |place=Cambridge|publisher=Polity Press |date=2014|page=173}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/foolscap|title=Foolscap|last=Anon|work=The Free Dictionary|publisher=Farlex Inc.|accessdate=17 September 2009}}</ref> The earliest example of such paper that is firmly dated was made in Germany in 1479. Unsubstantiated anecdotes suggest that this watermark was introduced to England in 1580 by [[John Spilman]], a German who established a papermill at [[Dartford (borough)|Dartford]], Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/gallery/|title=Entry in the Dartford Holy Trinity parish register for Sir John Spielman (Spillman), 8 November 1626|last=Anon|work=Medway: City Ark Document Gallery|publisher=Medway Council|accessdate=17 September 2009}}</ref> Apocryphally, the [[Rump Parliament]] substituted a fool's cap for the royal arms as a watermark on the paper used for the journals of parliament.{{cn}}
In Brazil, the {{convert|8+1/2|×|13|in|1}} paper size is usually named Folio, and it is also sometimes called Ofício II, a reference to the {{convert|8+1/2|×|14|in|1|adj=on}} paper size (which is named Legal but in Portuguese is better known as Ofício).
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