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A mark closing a section.
Also known as: Coronis mark
The Greek scribal mark closing a poem, a book or a major section of a papyrus text.
Marks the end of a poem, book or section in a Greek literary papyrus.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Individual scribes elaborated it freely, so the coronis is one of the few marks that can identify a copyist's hand as reliably as their letterforms.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A curled hook or spiral flourish drawn in the left margin at the end of the section, its tail often extended into loops and scrollwork by the scribe.