The superscriptions of the various letters to Catherine and the jesting remarks they contain have also been taken far too tragically.
And these superscriptions were permitted to stand when Luther published the Enchiridion in book form.
Their superscriptions differ in form from those of the other groups.
Moll, "an opinion favorable to the antiquity and value of these superscriptions has again been wrought out, which ascribes them for the most part to tradition, and indeed a very ancient one.
The question of the reliableness of these superscriptions is hotly debated.
He who has ever had a notion of country life can imagine for himself without many superscriptions what the composer is after.
In answer to Schindler's question why he had not indicated the poetical conceits underlying his sonatas bysuperscriptions or titles.
An unlearned and unworthily called a lawyer, is the figure of a foot-post, who carries letters but knows not what is in them, only can read the superscriptions to direct them to their right owners.
His learning consists much in reckoning up the hard names of diseases, and the superscriptions of gallipots in his apothecary's shop, which are ranked in his shelves and the doctor's memory.
A detailed study of the superscriptions soon demonstrates that the majority of them represent only the conjectures of scribes who were guided by current traditions or suggestions embodied in the psalms themselves.
The prevailing form of the superscriptions and the predominant use of the name Jehovah or Elohim also aid in this difficult task.
The superscriptions of the Greek and Syrian versions contain many variations from those in the Hebrew.
This is probably due to the fact that superscriptions are usually added by later scribes in whose minds the question of authorship first became prominent.
Evidently he had planned to cause her to believe that the two letters were written by different persons, for he had taken the pains of differentiating the superscriptions on the envelopes as well as the contents within.
He himself goes on to admit, with all other critics, that the superscriptions to our Gospels do not proceed from the authors themselves, but were added by those who collected them, or by later readers to distinguish them.
The superscriptions which now distinguish them are undeniably of later origin than the works themselves, and do not proceed from the composers of the Gospels.
The principles on which the superscriptions were added were altogether superficial and uncritical.
But it is quite certain that the superscriptions themselves are no original and integral parts of the psalms.
The superscriptions were added probably long after the psalms, and there is no reason to suppose that the Hebrews were exempt from the uncritical methods and ideas which characterized the Greek translators.
While in our own time the addresses of letters are generally brief and direct, it is not to be wondered at that, under the conditions above stated, the superscriptions were often such as now seem to us curious.
Mr. Ely put on his spectacles; Mrs. Ely drew a chair; others lay along on deck to examine the superscriptions of the letters from Irish emigrants to their friends.
Footnote 63: I have purposely omitted to treat Aldus’s use of the superscriptions in P, as that matter is best reserved for a consideration of the superscriptions in general.
Clearly the superscriptions rested upon some tradition or knowledge, else defective information would not have been acknowledged as it is in this one; but some name would have been coined to fill the gap.
It has also several features in common with the other psalms ascribed by the superscriptions to the time of the Sauline persecution.
While the superscriptions clearly do not come from the original psalmists themselves, they do record the conclusions of the editors who made the earliest collections.
The contents of these collections as well as their superscriptions clearly indicate that these proverbs represent the work of many different wise men, living at different periods and writing from different points of view.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "superscriptions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
