The <incipText> element may be used to capture a text incipit, while <score> is available to provide an MEI-encoded musical incipit. Images of an incipit may be referenced using the <graphic> element. An incipit encoded in a text format other than MEI may be placed in the <incipCode> element.
<elementSpec ident="incip" module="MEI.shared">
<gloss xml:lang="en">incipit</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">The opening music and/or words of a musical or textual work.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.bibl"/>
<memberOf key="model.incipLike"/>
</classes>
<!-- Can XSLT be used within content to "select" an incipit from the
already-encoded MEI transcription in the music element?
<rng:ref name="macro.XSLT"/> -->
<content>
<rng:optional>
</rng:optional>
<rng:optional>
</rng:optional>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:ref name="model.annotLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.graphicLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.scoreLike"/>
<rng:ref name="incipCode"/>
<rng:ref name="incipText"/>
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>The <gi scheme="MEI">incipText</gi> element may be used to capture a text incipit, while
<gi scheme="MEI">score</gi> is available to provide an MEI-encoded musical incipit. Images
of an incipit may be referenced using the <gi scheme="MEI">graphic</gi> element. An incipit
encoded in a text format other than MEI may be placed in the <gi scheme="MEI">incipCode</gi>
element.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>