superscription

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He glanced at the superscription and gave it back.

From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

My servant, who has lived with me fourteen years, may, for aught I know, have been bribed to abstract these letters on their arrival; they would be easily recognized by the very superscription.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

The superscription of the fifty-second Psalm bears—“Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.”

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

The superscription of the fifth relief says, "Tribute imposed on Garparunda of the land of Patinai: silver, gold, lead, copper, objects made of copper, Amsi-horns, hard wood."

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The handwriting of the superscription made him look so blank that the others noticed his face and were silent.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew