Epigraph may refer to: * An inscription, as studied in the archeological sub-discipline of

epigraphy Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

Epigraph (literature) In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document, monograph or section thereof. The epigraph may serve as a preface to the work; as a summary; as a counter-example; or as a link from the work ...

, a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component *

Epigraph (mathematics) In mathematics, the epigraph or supergraph of a function f : X \to \infty, \infty/math> valued in the extended real numbers \infty, \infty= \R \cup \ is the set, denoted by \operatorname f, of all points in the Cartesian product X \times \R ...

, the set of points lying on or above the graph of a function * ''Epigraphs'' (album), an album by Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling

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