Initial
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initial-184-12147951
title:
Initial
text:
In a written or published work, an initial is a letter at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. The word is ultimately derived from the Latin initiālis, which means of the beginning. An initial is often several lines in height, and, in older books or manuscripts, may take the form of an inhabited or historiated initial. Certain important initials, such as the Beatus initial, or B, of Beatus vir... at the opening of Psalm 1 at the start of a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Oversized first letter in a text block
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial
date created:
2003-10-03T21:21:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T08:44:40Z
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13
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16