Question: What is the big letter at the beginning of a paragraph called?
Answer: an initial or drop cap
Disambiguated annotations:
qaPairs: question: What is the big red letter at the beginning of a paragraph called in medieval text ?
answer: Rubricated initial
question: What is the big letter containing a picture at the beginning of a paragraph called in historical text?
answer: Historiated initial
question: What is the big letter at the beginning of a paragraph that sits inside the margins of the paragraph called?
answer: Initial
Drop cap