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Small holes guiding the ruling of a page.
Also known as: Ruling guide holes, Leaf pricking
The row of small holes pricked into a manuscript leaf to guide the ruling of its lines.
Guides the ruling of lines on a manuscript leaf.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Is often trimmed away when a book is bound, so its survival is evidence that a leaf has not been cut down, which matters to dating and to reconstruction.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A column of small holes near the outer edge of a leaf, evenly spaced down its height.