Epigraphs

General Information

Epigraphs, i. e. adages at the beginning of a book, chapter or section, are tagged with the element <epigraph>. The actual epigraph text is given in paragraphs (<p>) if it is prose text. If it is an epigraph in verses, it is framed by the <lg> element (see chap. Quotes/Epigraphs as Groups of Verses).

Epigraph, which is not a Quote:

<epigraph>
  <p>[epigraph text]</p>
</epigraph>

Epigraphs that are not Quotes

<epigraph>
  <p>Audiatur et altera pars.</p>
</epigraph>

Source: Curtius, Georg: Zur Kritik der neuesten Sprachforschung. Leipzig, 1885. [Facsimile 98]

Quote as Epigraph without Naming the Author: 

<epigraph>
            <quote>[quotation text]</quote>
</epigraph>

Quote as Epigraph without Naming the Author

<epigraph>
  <quote>„De subjecto vetustissimo<lb/>
  novissimam promovemus scientiam.“</quote>
</epigraph><lb/>

Source: Ebbinghaus, Hermann: Über das Gedächtnis. Leipzig, 1885. [Facsimile 9]

Quote as Epigraph with Naming the Author (Exemplary): 

<epigraph>
  <cit>
  <quote>[quotation text]</quote>
  <bibl>[author of the quote]</bibl>
  </cit>
</epigraph>

Quote as Epigraph with Naming the Author

<epigraph>
  <cit>
    <quote>Süſses Leben! Schöne freundliche Gewohnheit<lb/>
des Daſeyns und Wirkens! — von dir<lb/>
ſoll ich ſcheiden?</quote>
    <lb/>
    <bibl><hi rendition="#k">Göthe</hi>,</bibl>
  </cit>
</epigraph><lb/>

Source: Hufeland, Christoph Wilhelm: Die Kunst das menschliche Leben zu verlängern. Jena, 1797. [Facsimile 7]