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Is there a single word to describe the aggregation of front matter and back matter for a book

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Is there a word to describe front matter and back matter for a book

I have a technical document that has some front matter, like table of contents, abstract, forward, acknowledgements, and then the body of the work, containing normative text specifications, and then back matter, like appendices, an index, a bibliography, and so on. Is there a word I can use that refers to the front and back matter but not the body?