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Lines, crosses and hands added in a book's margin.
Also known as: Reader's marks, Annotation marks
Readers' marks in margins — vertical scoring, crosses, pointing hands, NB — are a documented category of evidence for how a book was used. In an old book they are the only record of a reader who left nothing else, which is why libraries now conserve rather than erase them.
Record a reader's attention through lines, crosses, pointing hands and abbreviations added in a book's margins.
Contexts: History
Are treated as evidence rather than damage in modern library practice, since they are often the only surviving record of a particular reader.
Contexts: History
Hand-drawn vertical lines, small crosses and pointing hand outlines in the blank margin beside printed text.