Many ancient books had neither word divisions nor chapter divisions. In ancient Greek texts, some manuscripts began to add summaries and make them into tables of contents with … See more

In works of fiction, authors sometimes number their chapters eccentrically, often as a metafictional statement. For example:
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In ancient civilizations, books were often in the form of papyrus or parchment scrolls, which contained about the same amount of text as a typical … See more

• Asterism (typography)
• Chapter book
• Chapters and verses of the Bible
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Many novels of great length have chapters. Non-fiction books, especially those used for reference, almost always have chapters for ease of navigation. In these works, chapters are often subdivided into sections. Larger works with a lot of chapters often … See more

• Nicholas Dames: The Chapter: A Segmented History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century. Princeton University Press 2023. See more