This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations.(January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Decorated incipit page to the Gospel of Matthew, 1120–1140
The incipit (/ˈɪnsɪpɪt/IN-sip-it)[a] of a text is the first few words of the text, employed as an identifying label. In a musical composition, an incipit is an initial sequence of notes, having the same purpose. The word incipit comes from Latin and means "it begins". Its counterpart taken from the ending of the text is the explicit.[3]
Before the development of titles, texts were often referred to by their incipits, as with for example Agnus Dei. During the medieval period in Europe, incipits were often written in a different script or colour from the rest of the work of which they were a part, and "incipit pages" might be heavily decorated with illumination. Though the word incipit is Latin, the practice of the incipit predates classical antiquity by several millennia and can be found in various parts of the world. Although not always called by the name of incipit today, the practice of referring to texts by their initial words remains commonplace.
^"incipit". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^"incipit". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^"Incipit and Explicit - Incunabula - Dawn of Western Printing". ndl.go.jp.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
incipit (/ˈɪnsɪpɪt/ IN-sip-it) of a text is the first few words of the text, employed as an identifying label. In a musical composition, an incipit is...
Incipit Satan is the fifth full-length album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released on 7 February 2000 by Nuclear Blast, and reissued...
Church documents are referred to by their incipit (their first words in Latin), Mass formulas are known by the incipit of their Introit, which is the first...
of Poland. In 968, a missionary bishopric was established in Poznań. An incipit titled Dagome iudex first defined Poland's geographical boundaries with...
letters found in the incipit pages for the Gospels is surprisingly consistent in Insular Gospels. Compare, for example, the incipit pages of the Gospel...
book of calculation, New York, Springer-Verlag, 2003 See the incipit of Flos: "Incipit flos Leonardi bigolli pisani..." (quoted in the MS Word document...
sentence that may start the lead paragraph. For older texts the Latin term incipit ('it begins') is in use for the very first words of the opening sentence...
James Version: "The Lord is my shepherd". In Latin, it is known by the incipit, "Dominus regit me". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of...
of Common Prayer. This day is also known as Cantate Sunday due to the incipit "Cantáte Dómino" (Sing to the Lord) of the introit assigned to this day...
Babylonian" version, dates back to the 18th century BC and is titled after its incipit, Shūtur eli sharrī ("Surpassing All Other Kings"). Only a few tablets of...
Christ. As with many Catholic prayers, the name Angelus is derived from its incipit—the first few words of the text: Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ ("The Angel...
tend to be more ecumenical. In Tagalog, the Lord's Prayer is known by its incipit, Amá Namin (literally, "Our Father"). Amá namin, sumasalangit Ka, Sambahín...
Name Name of the composition: if the composition is known by a German incipit, that German name is preceded by the composition type (e.g. cantata, chorale...
with the Nazi regime. The "Deutschlandlied" is also well known by the incipit and refrain of the first stanza, "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles"...
chant. Problems playing this file? See media help. "Tantum ergo" is the incipit of the last two verses of Pange lingua, a Medieval Latin hymn generally...
Book of Genesis 1:2. The Babylonian epic Enuma Elish is named for its incipit: "When on high [or: When above]" the heavens did not yet exist nor the...
It has four pairs of full-page Evangelist portraits and illuminated "Incipit" pages, canon tables, and other illuminations. As with other examples of...
("Philippine National March"), and commonly and informally known by its incipit "Bayang Magiliw" ("Beloved Country"), is the national anthem of the Philippines...
Servus Servorum Dei" ("Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God"), and its incipit, i.e., the first few Latin words from which the bull took its title for...
Ekisnugal and Nanna on [the] Assumption of En-ship (incipit e ugim e-a) and Hymn of Praise of Enheduanna (incipit lost). The second hymn is very fragmentary....
Sunday after Easter. It was also nicknamed Jubilate Sunday due to the incipit ("Iubilate Deo") of the introit assigned to this day. The full text of...
contains a decoration covering the entire page and is used to frame the incipit of the missal text written in gold capital letters. The small central frame...
Global Information
