epigraph, epigram. Geometrical and Epigraphical Ornamentation on the Dome and tower of Sher-Dor Madrasa in Samarkand.

Geometrical and Epigraphical Ornamentation on the Dome and tower of Sher-Dor Madrasa in Samarkand.

epigraph

[名]

1 （特に建物・像・墓・硬貨などの）碑銘, 碑文.

2 （巻頭に付す）銘句, 題辞.
(ĕp'ĭ-grăf')
n.

1. An inscription, as on a statue or building.
2. A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme.

[Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein, to write on. See epigram.]

epigraphic ep'i·graph'ic or ep'i·graph'i·cal adj.
epigraphically ep'i·graph'i·cal·ly adv.

epigram

[名]

1 警句；[U]警句的な表現.

2 （警句的な）短い風刺詩, 寸鉄詩, エピグラム.

［ラテン語←ギリシャ語epígramma （epí-上に＋gráphein書く＋-ma＝ある特定のものの上に書いたもの→警句）］