incipit noun.
['ɪnsɪpɪt] L19.[Latin, 3rd person sing. pres. indic. of incipere (see INCIPIENT), used by medieval scribes to indicate the beginning of a new treatise, poem, division, etc.]The opening words of a manuscript, a printed book (usu. an early one), a chanted liturgical text, etc. Cf.
EXPLICIT noun.
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