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Definition of Incipits
1. incipit [n] - See also: incipit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incipits
Literary usage of Incipits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Queen Mary Psalter: A Study of Affect and Audience by Anne Rudloff Stanton (2001)
"The pages that show the most wear are the incipits, which are more pictorial and
more narrative than most psalm incipits of this period—although again this ..."
2. Notes on the Early History of the Vulgate Gospels by John Chapman (1908)
"In the first three cases the incipits thus indicated are different, and probably
give the Galilean use. We cannot tell whether even ..."
3. Astral Magic in Babylonia by Erica Reiner (1995)
"403 The text's first explicit statement:404 "The signs in the sky just as those
on earth give us signals,"405 follows the listing of incipits of "fourteen ..."
4. Catalogue of Manuscripts Preserved in the Chapter Library of Worcester Cathedral by Worcester Cathedral Library, John Kestell Floyer, Sidney Graves Hamilton (1906)
"incipits of Augustine's works, f. 19. (iii.) 'Tabula super Augustinum,' f. 3I.
(iv). ... 104—109, are taken up with a collection of incipits. Expl. f. 194. ..."
5. Biographical Notes on the Librarians of Trinity College on Sir Edward by Robert Sinker (1897)
"Much might be said about the wisdom of this remark ; but I will omit any criticisms
and merely say that I have copied the incipits in question, ..."
6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Many of the ' incipits ' are given by Bale and Tanner, but the works are not
known to exist. PETER OF ST. FAITH'S (d. 1462), prior of St. Faith's, ..."
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