<incipit>

<incipit> contains the text of any incipit attached to a particular manuscript item, that is the opening words of a text, frequently used as a form of identifier for it; it may be preceded by one or more rubrics, and may be defective.

Attributes

Yes, No, or Unknown A typology has yet to be defined

`defective`	indicates whether the incipit as given is defective, i.e. incomplete.
	Datatype: (yes\|no\|unk)
	Default: no
`type`	specifies the type of incipit, e.g. whether it introduces a work, is biblical, legal, etc.
	Datatype: CDATA
	Default: #IMPLIED

Example


<incipit>Pater noster qui es in celis</incipit>

<incipit defective ="yes">
<gap/>tatem dedit hominibus alleluia.
<rubric>Capitulum,</rubric> Primum quidem 
sermonem feci de omnibus</incipit>

<incipit type="biblical">Ghif ons huden onse dagelix
broet</incipit>

<incipit>O ongehoerde gewerdighe christi</incipit>

<incipit type="lemma">Firmiter</incipit>

<incipit>Ideo dicit firmiter quia
ordo fidei nostre probari non potest</incipit>

Class

Declaration

<!ELEMENT incipit  - -  (%phrase.seq;)> 
<!ATTLIST incipit  
      %a.global;
      defective (yes|no|unk) "no"
      type CDATA #IMPLIED>

See further 2.5.1 ThemsItemelement

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<incipit>