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In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document, monograph or section or chapter thereof. [1] The epigraph may serve as a preface to the work; as a summary; as a counter-example; or as a link from the work to a wider literary canon , [ 2 ] with the purpose of either inviting comparison or ...
Epigraphy (from Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) 'inscription') is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.
Shahnameh (Persian literature; details Persian legend and history from prehistoric times to the fall of the Sassanid Empire, by Ferdowsi) Waltharius by Ekkehard of St. Gall (Germany, Latin); about Walter of Aquitaine; Poetic Edda (no particular authorship; oral tradition of the North Germanic peoples)
Epigraph (literature), a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component Epigraph (mathematics) , the set of points lying on or above the graph of a function Epigraphs (album) , an album by Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling
Pseudepigrapha are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed author is not the true author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past. [1] Some of these works may have originated among Jewish Hellenizers, others may have Christian authorship in character and origin.
Seven books of epigrams by Agathias and his contemporaries. [11] Sylloge Parisina: 13th century manuscript of 114 epigrams, derived from Cephalas' anthology. [12] The source of this manuscript may be an early abridgement of Cephalas' anthology, predating the Palatine Anthology. [13] Sylloge Euphemiana (about 890) [14]
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The Book of Counted Sorrows and The Book of Counted Joys are fictional books "quoted" as the source of various epigraphs in many of Dean Koontz's books. The books as cited sources do not actually exist; they are false documents. Koontz has since released a book under the same title, collecting the various epigraphs and adding additional material.