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A cover over a raised letter.
Also known as: Slavonic cover mark
The Church Slavonic mark drawn above a letter lifted out of a contracted word.
Covers a letter raised above the line as part of a contraction.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Works with the titlo rather than instead of it: the titlo says a word is contracted and this shelters the letter the scribe chose to lift out, so the two marks describe different halves of the same operation.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
An arched or tent-like stroke drawn over a superscript letter, covering it.
The titlo marks the contraction and the pokrytie shelters the letter raised out of it.