Incipit
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The incipit 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 inci
"Liber generationis Jesu Christi filii David, filii Abraham." Decorated incipit page to the Gospel of Matthew, 1120–1140
The first page of the Vilna Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot, folio 2a., with the word "Me-ematai" in the box at the top
Explicit (text)
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The explicit of a text or document is either a final note indicating the end of the text and often including information about its place, date and authorship; or the final few words of the text itself
Incipit
…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 (Latin: explicitum est, lit. 'it has been unfolded'). The unfolding refers to a papyrus scroll. The end is also referred to as desinit, 'it is finished…
A Latin explicit that uses the word "explicit"