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An opening word above the text.
Also known as: Chancery invocation, Invocatio
The Ottoman mark opening a document with a short invocation written above the first line.
Opens an Ottoman document with an invocation before the text proper.
Contexts: History
Occupies a fixed position in the document's layout, so Ottoman diplomatics can identify a document type from the arrangement of its marks before reading a word — the same principle as a modern form's letterhead.
Contexts: History
A short word or compressed group set alone above and to the right of the first line of text, clear of the body of the document.