Title page first numbered page. Title page The title page of a book, thesis or other written work is the page at or near the front which displays its title, subtitle, author, publisher, and edition. (A half title, by contrast, displays only the title of a work.) The title page is one of the most important parts of the "front matter" or "preliminaries" of a book, as the data on it and its verso (together known as the "title leaf") are used to establish the "title proper and usually, though not necessarily, the statement of responsibility and the data relating to publication".
Book of Kells lower quadrant of the page. The entire assemblage is contained within an elaborate border. The Gospel of Matthew begins with a genealogy of Jesus. At , the actual narrative of Christ's life starts. This "second beginning" to Matthew was given emphasis in many early Gospel Books, so much so that the two sections were often treated as separate works. The second beginning begins with the word "Christ". The Greek letters chi and rho were normally used in mediaeval manuscripts to abbreviate the word "Christ". In Insular Gospel Books, the initial Chi Rho monogram was enlarged and decorated. In the Book