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A l'explicit de

English translation: In the explicit of

17:15 Mar 14, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Printing & Publishing / Early manuscripts
French term or phrase: A l'explicit de
Context: A document describing various versions of an early illustrated manuscript and the different titles it was published under
Phrase: A l'explicit de notre édition strasbourgeoise figure le titre sous la forme "Liber....".

I thought this might be the opposite of "incipit" (first word or beginning of a text), but then it talks about the title of the work so this seems unlikely. I'm unfamiliar with the term, do you know an English equivalent?


Thanks!
Una D.
France
Local time: 01:14
English translation:In the explicit of
Explanation:
"In bookmaking, a device added to the end of some manuscripts and incunabula by the author or scribe and providing such information as the title of the work and the name or initials of its author or scribe. Explicits were soon incorporated into or completely replaced by the colophon, which included information about the printer, printing materials, and typeface, and, often, the printer’s emblem.

"In medieval Latin works the word explicit meant “here ends.…” Originally, it may have been an abbreviation for **explicitus est liber** (“the book is unrolled”), but by analogy with incipit (“here begins…”) it was taken as a present-tense, third-person singular verb form."

Based on the words in asterisks above, it looks like the meaning is 'here ends the book entitled...'

If your text is for general readers, you could put 'explicit (colophon or endnote)'.

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Note added at 24 mins (2016-03-14 17:40:03 GMT)
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I'd put it in italics.
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A l\'explicit de
In the explicit of


Explanation:
"In bookmaking, a device added to the end of some manuscripts and incunabula by the author or scribe and providing such information as the title of the work and the name or initials of its author or scribe. Explicits were soon incorporated into or completely replaced by the colophon, which included information about the printer, printing materials, and typeface, and, often, the printer’s emblem.

"In medieval Latin works the word explicit meant “here ends.…” Originally, it may have been an abbreviation for **explicitus est liber** (“the book is unrolled”), but by analogy with incipit (“here begins…”) it was taken as a present-tense, third-person singular verb form."

Based on the words in asterisks above, it looks like the meaning is 'here ends the book entitled...'

If your text is for general readers, you could put 'explicit (colophon or endnote)'.

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Note added at 24 mins (2016-03-14 17:40:03 GMT)
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I'd put it in italics.


    Reference: http://www.britannica.com/topic/explicit
philgoddard
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agree  Francois Boye
37 mins
agree  Charles Davis: Not to take anything away from your excellent answer, but actually if you google "explicit" all is instantly revealed.
2 hrs
  -> Yes, it's the very first hit :-)
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