Explicit
The closing of a textual unit, from the Latin explicitus, meaning 'unrolled'.
The closing of a textual unit, from the Latin explicitus, meaning 'unrolled'. When cataloguing manuscripts, the incipit and explicit of a text are often cited to aid textual identification.
- Arabic:آخر الكتاب
- French:Desinit; Explicit
- German:Explicit
- Italian:Finit; explicit
- Spanish:éxplicit
Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).