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Conventions
The Following Conventions Apply To All Views
| Description | Example |
|---|---|
| Readable text is presented in black | normal text |
| Rubricated text is presented in red | rubricated text |
| Dubious characters are presented in dark grey | dubious characters |
| Reconstructed text, where supplied, is presented in italic and light grey | reconstructed text |
| Text reconstructed by a particular editor is sometimes presented in a different format (see manuscript description for details) | text reconstructed by Amelli, [conjecture by Gasquet] |
| Where the text cannot be indicated with any degree of certainty, the approximate number of missing characters is indicated | 18-20 |
| Chapter numbers and titles are printed in purple | ii |
| Ammonian sections (where recorded) are printed in green | cxuii |
| Abbreviations for 'est' (÷), 'enim' (⧺), 'autem' (ƕ), 'eius' (ə) and 'et' (& or ₇) are included in some manuscripts. Digraphs (where two letters are written as a single character) are indicated by a slur over the two characters | dixerun͡t |
Notes:
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Corrections:
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