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[[File:Decorated Incipit Page - Google Art Project (6850309).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Decorated incipit page to the [[Gospel of Matthew]], 1120–1140]]
The '''incipit''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|s|ɪ|p|ɪ|t}} {{respell|IN|sip|it}}){{efn|Recommended by the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'',<ref>{{OED|incipit}}</ref> but competes in everyday usage with several others: {{IPAc-en|ɪ|n|ˈ|s|ɪ|p|ɪ|t}} {{respell|in|SIP|it}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|k|ɪ|p|ɪ|t}} {{respell|IN|kip|it}}, {{IPAc-en|ɪ|n|ˈ|k|ɪ|p|ɪ|t}} {{respell|in|KIP|it}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|tʃ|ɪ|p|ɪ|t}} {{respell|IN|chip|it}} and {{IPAc-en|ɪ|n|ˈ|tʃ|ɪ|p|ɪ|t}} {{respell|in|CHIP|it}}. Of these, the use of second-syllable stress and of {{IPA|/k/}} for letter {{angbr|c}} is endorsed by [[Merriam-Webster]] on its dictionary web site.<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=incipit|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incipit|dictionary=Merriam-Webster|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> Pronunciations with {{IPA|/tʃ/}} are based on the [[Italian language|Italian]] rendition of letter {{angbr|c}} before {{angbr|i}}. For discussion of the variants, see [http://archive.choralnet.org/194865 ChoralNet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040107/http://archive.choralnet.org/194865|date=2018-03-31 }}.}} of a text is the first few words of the text, employed as an identifying label. In a [[musical composition]], an incipit is an initial sequence of [[Musical note|notes]], having the same purpose. The word ''incipit'' comes from [[Latin]] and means "it begins". Its counterpart taken from the ending of the text is the [[Explicit (text)|explicit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndl.go.jp/incunabula/e/glossary/glo_02.html|title=Incipit and Explicit - Incunabula - Dawn of Western Printing|website=ndl.go.jp}}</ref>
Before the development of [[title (publishing)|titles]], texts were often referred to by their incipits, as with for example ''[[Agnus Dei (liturgy)|Agnus Dei]]''. During the [[medieval period]] in Europe, incipits were often written in a different [[Typeface|script]] or colour from the rest of the work of which they were a part, and "incipit pages" might be heavily decorated with [[Illuminated manuscript|illumination]]. Though the word ''incipit'' is Latin, the practice of the incipit predates [[classical antiquity]] by several millennia and can be found in various parts of the world. Although not always called by the name of ''incipit'' today, the practice of referring to texts by their initial words remains commonplace.
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