epigraph

epigraph — A short inscription at the beginning of a document or component.

Synopsis

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Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

An epigraph is a short inscription, often a quotation or poem, set at the beginning of a document or component. Epigraphs are usually related somehow to the content that follows them and may help set the tone for the component.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Parents

These elements contain epigraph: abstract, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, caption (db.caption), entry, example, figure, footnote, itemizedlist, legalnotice, listitem, note, orderedlist, revdescription, section, sidebar, td, textobject, th, variablelist.

Children

The following elements occur in epigraph: attribution, info (db.titleforbidden.info), literallayout, para.

See Also

Related elements: abstract, attribution, blockquote, sidebar.