Define incipit:

a) the single leaf pages printed on one side- eventually evolved into printed posters, advertisements, and newspapers.
b) the opening words of a text, manuscript, early printed book, or chanted liturgical text.
c) a person who knows and is able to use several languages.
d) a bookplate pasted into the front of a book to show the name of the book's owner.

The answer is letter: B. The opening words of a text, manuscript, early printed book, or chanted liturgical text.

Explanation:

The definition of Incipit is the first part, beginning. The word itself comes from Latin, but it was used in various countries and different texts. It was commonly used at the beginning of medieval manuscripts as an introductory word – often mark in a different color of the original text. In a musical composition, for example, the incipit is used the mark the initial sequence of notes. Its main purpose was to identify were to begin a text with no title or it could also be used to adorn an initial text with large calligraphic ornaments.

immigrants from northern and western europe continued coming as they had for three centuries, but in decreasing numbers