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n. A caption, title or other inscription, especially an Ancient Roman type.
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Titulus (Latin "inscription" or "label", the plural tituli is also used in English) is a term used for the labels or captions naming figures or subjects in art, which were commonly added in classical and medieval art, and remain conventional in Eastern Orthodox icons. In particular the term describes the conventional inscriptions on stone that listed the honours of an individual 1 or that identified boundaries in the Roman Empire. A Titulus pictus is a merchant's mark or other commercial inscription.
The sense of "title", as in "book title", in modern English derives from this artistic sense, just as the legal sense derives from plainer inscriptions of record.
Titulus, the Latin word for "title", "label" or "inscription" (plural tituli, normally italicized), may or may not be italicized as a foreign word, and may refer to:
- Titulus, or Titular church, one of a group of Early Christian churches around the edges of Rome
- Titulus (inscription), a caption, title or other inscription, especially an Ancient Roman type, and a "caption" name in an artwork
Usage examples of "titulus".
There was an old title-church of Rome, titulus Pudentis, called also the ecclesia Pudentiana.
Jovis Triphylii, ubi auream columnam positam esse ab ipso Jove titulus indicabat.
Libelli famosi, cui titulus, Regii sanguinis clamor ad coelum adversus Parricidas Anglicanos, authorem recte dictum.
Libelli famosi, cui titulus, Regii sanguinis clamor ad coelum adversus Parricidas Anglicanos, authorem recte dictum.