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A flourished mark opening a section.
Also known as: Paragraphus, Section opening mark, Pilcrow ancestor
The manuscript mark opening a section or sentence, drawn as a flourished letter or a hooked stroke.
Opens a section or sentence in a manuscript text.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Is the ancestor of the printed pilcrow, so a mark this catalogue already holds as a proof correction symbol began as a hand-drawn flourish on parchment.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A flourished figure, often a letter with an extended vertical stroke, set at the start of a section.