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A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
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epigraph
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "inscription on a building, statue, etc.," from Greek epigraphe "an inscription," from epigraphein "to mark the surface, just pierce; write on, inscribe; to register; inscribe one's name, endorse," from epi "on" (see epi- ) + graphein "to write" ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In literature , an epigraph is a phrase, quotation , or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component. The epigraph may serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example, or to link the work to a wider literary canon , either to invite ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epigraph \Ep"i*graph\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. ['e]pigraphe. See Epigram .] Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication. (Literature) A citation from some author, or a sentence ...
Usage examples of epigraph.
I gratefully acknowledge the following sources, not only for the information they offered me about bees, beekeeping, and honey making but also for providing the epigraph at the beginning of each chapter: The Dancing Bees by Karl Von Frisch, The Honey Bee by James L.
They contain, according to him, mostly proper names, with devotional formulae, similar to those of the Sinaitic inscriptions and the Kufic and later epigraphs which we discovered.
The coyer had flopped open to an epigraph on the first page of the 18th century tome, which read: Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causes.
The main problem is that we have no other matching epigraphs anywhere else in the world to act as a guide.