epigraph

short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book, chapter or article (use Q3589144 for inscription on an object)
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epigraph
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epigraph

Summary

epigraph is a literature term[1]. epigraph draws 893 Wikipedia views per month (literature_term category, ranking #5 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • epigraph's instance of is recorded as literature term[3].
  • epigraph is a type of written work[4].
  • epigraph is a type of quotation[5].
  • epigraph's Commons category is recorded as Epigraphs in literature[6].
  • epigraph's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].
  • epigraph's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • epigraph's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • epigraph's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • epigraph's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • epigraph's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[12].
  • epigraph's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • epigraph's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7150[14].
  • epigraph's different from is recorded as epigraphy[15].
  • epigraph's different from is recorded as epitaph[16].
  • epigraph's different from is recorded as epigram[17].
  • epigraph's different from is recorded as epithet[18].
  • epigraph's different from is recorded as epigraph[19].
  • epigraph's different from is recorded as inscription[20].

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Designation and Status

epigraph's instance of is recorded as literature term[3].

Why It Matters

epigraph draws 893 Wikipedia views per month (literature_term category, ranking #5 of 47).[2] epigraph has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] epigraph is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q24508478. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q24508478. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007588480905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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