| <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.
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| Attributes: |
| defective | indicates whether the incipit as given is defective, i.e. incomplete. |
| Datatype: (yes|no|unk) |
| Values: Yes, No, or Unknown |
| Default: no |
| type | specifies the type of incipit, e.g. whether it introduces a work,
is biblical, legal, etc. |
| Datatype: CDATA |
| Values: A typology has yet to be defined |
| Default: #IMPLIED |
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| 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>
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| Class | |
| Declaration | <!ELEMENT incipit - - (%phrase.seq;)>
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| See further | 2.5.1. The msItem element |