incipit

TEI guidelines element incipit

Schema specification

Content

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See: macro.phraseSeq

See: att.global.attributes

See: att.typed.attribute.subtype

See: att.msExcerpt.attributes

Optional: attribute @type

Schema specification

Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines. See also, on how to encode titles, supplications and colophons in general, Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines

Attibutes list

attribute type

This attribute can have a maximum of 6 values separated by a space.

This is a closed list of allowed values

value definition
supplication entreat to God for help. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:incipit[contains(@type,'supplication')]
expanded contains the title, tafaṣṣama/malʾa and further information. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:incipit[contains(@type,'expanded')]
inscriptio is used for a title occurring at the beginning of a work. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:incipit[contains(@type,'inscriptio')]
subscriptio for a title occurring at the end of a work. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:incipit[contains(@type,'subscriptio')]
embedded for a title copied together with the text. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:incipit[contains(@type,'embedded')]
translation to signal that the title is only of a translation. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:incipit[contains(@type,'translation')]
Example 1

Example from BLorient645


                            <incipit xml:lang="gez" type="supplication">
                                <locus target="#15ra"></locus>
                                ጸሎታ፡ ወበረከታ፡ ወምሕረተ፡ ፍቁር፡ ወልዳ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብራ፡ <subst><del rend="erasure"></del>
                                    <add place="overstrike"><hi rend="rubric">አመታ፡ <persName ref="PRS12269LahyaD">ላህየ፡ ድንግል፡</persName></hi></add></subst>
                                <del rend="erasure">ወለተ፡</del> <persName ref="PRS12268Giyorgis"><hi rend="rubric">ጊዮርጊስ፡</hi></persName> ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም<hi rend="rubric">፤</hi>
                            </incipit>
                        

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  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo on 2018-04-24: stub of page