eschatocol

Meaning

Noun

• the final section of a document, often involving a formulaic close (e.g. Yours faithfully), the date and location of writing, and information on the document's originators e.g. author, counter-signer, witnesses present, etc.

Origin

• Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἔσχατοκολλον ("last sheet glued onto a manuscript"), from ἔσχατον + κόλλα.