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1. bifolium, n. View full entry 1938
...A pair of conjoint leaves....
2. bite, v. View full entry 1957
...Palaeogr. Of the strokes of part of two letters: to converge (cf. biting1c)....
3. biting, n. View full entry 1957
...spec. in Palaeogr. The convergence of part of two letters, esp. d with e or o, in some medieval manuscripts. Cf. bite...
4. catchword, n. View full entry 1736
...Printing. The first word of the following page inserted at the right-hand lower corner of each page of a book, below the last line. (Now rarely used.) Also in Manuscripts...
5. colometric, adj. View full entry 1883
...Of, pertaining to, or characterized by colometry....
8. colometry, n. View full entry 1884
...In Ancient Greek Prosody, the measurement of verses by cola; hence in Palaeogr. the division of MS. texts by cola, or corresponding lengths....
9. colon, n.2 View full entry 1589
...In Ancient Greek Rhetoric and Ancient Greek Prosody, a member or section of a sentence or rhythmical period; hence in Palaeogr., a clause or group of...
10. dittography, n. View full entry 1876
...In Palaeogr. and Textual Criticism: Double writing; the unintentional repetition of a letter or word, or series of letters or words, by a copyist....
11. expunction, n. View full entry 1954
...Palaeogr. The indication of an erasure to be made in a manuscript by means of dots placed beneath the relevant letter or letters....
12. expunctuation, n. View full entry 1957
...= expunction1b....
13. hypostigma in hypo-, prefix View full entry
...the comma, which in ancient punctuation had the form of a modern full stop....
14. insular, adj. and n. View full entry 1908
...Palaeogr. (See quots.)...
15. majuscular, adj. View full entry 1825
...Of the nature of a majuscule; written in majuscules. Also in extended use....
16. majuscule, adj. and n. View full entry
...Palaeogr. Of a letter: large (whether capital or uncial); of, relating to, or written in large lettering; designating or relating to a script having every letter bounded by the same two...
17. majuscule, adj. and n. View full entry
...Palaeogr. A large letter, whether capital or uncial; (a manuscript in) large lettering or majuscule script....
18. mark, n.1 View full entry 1912
...a written character used to indicate that a word has been contracted (cf. suspension2d)....
19. membrane, n. View full entry 1519
...In palaeographic contexts: each of the skins of parchment of which a roll is composed. In early use: †parchment (obs.)....
20. Merovingian, adj. and n. View full entry 1687
...Of, relating to, or designating the first dynasty of Frankish kings founded by Clovis (Chlodovech) and reigning in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 751–2; belonging to or characteristic of this...
