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INTRODUCTION
3. After an expanded word (vide infra ), † implies an error in the part fully written in the MS. E.g. MS. Noneb:; printed Nonembrist.
DOUBTFUL WORDS are marked by a query ? in brackets ( .
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E.g. etiam [?].
(If word was erased) [etiam ?].
EXPANDED WORDS. 1. Words abbreviated in the MS. with a contraction sign are always printed in full, with the added letters in italics . E.g. MS. noie; Phiae; 7bris; printed nomine ; Philosophiae ; Septembris. 2. When no contraction sign was used, a word may, if easily intelligible , be left abbreviated as in the MS. E.g. A. Dni . N.B. Punctuation marks used merely as signs of abbreviation in MS . are suppressed if the word is expanded in print. E.g. MS. ibid . 23 Feb. printed ibidem 23 Feb. 3. Letters carelessly omitted without sign may be restored in [ , ] E.g. MS. fra, Angli; without other note. printed f[o r[m a, Angli [a].
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SPELLING , PUNCTUATION , ETC.
SPELLING follows the practice of the MS. , including the use of u and v ; but is printed as . CAPITALS follow the MS. , as far as the vague usage of the period
j
i
allows.
PUNCTUATION also follows the MS., with the few exceptions
noted
(N.B. Strokes and flourishes used to terminate a sentence may be printed as full stops.) SPECIAL SIGNS, other than those already noted i.e. [ and are used only as in the MS . This includes ( ), ) , *, rules under words, crosses , and various special reference marks occurring in the text . FOOTNOTES. Words quoted from the text are enclosed in ; letters (one or more) in E.g. t of " nollet " added later. above.
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' xpianis (sic , appear in this MS . and are printed
1 The form xpi " ) the characteristic rendering of xp by ' ," "thus respecting xpisti, xpistianis xp," whilst expanding the contracted syllables according to rule .
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