Incipit - Modern uses of incipits. 1  The idea of choosing a few words or a phrase or two, which would be placed on the spine of a book and its cover, developed slowly with the birth of printing, and the idea of a title page with a short title and subtitle came centuries later, replacing earlier, more verbose titles.
The New Orleans metropolitan area was first defined in 1950. Then known as the New Orleans Standard Metropolitan Area (New Orleans SMA), it consisted of three parishes â Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard â and had a population of 685,405.
Above-sea-level New Orleans hosts. most of the cityâs significant architecture and. famous historical neighborhoods. As recently. as the early 20th century, nearly all of the cityâs. 300,000 residents as well as those in. neighboring parishes resided above sea level.