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Scribal abbreviation
Abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Sigla" redirects here. For the village in Poland, see Sigła.
Scribal abbreviations, or sigla (singular: siglum), are abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in various languages, including Latin, Greek, Old English and Old Norse.
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g[u]lor[um] a vigi[n]ti a[n]nis [e]t sup[ra] o[mn]es
qui ad bella p[ro]cedere[n]t: ((verse 25)) q[ua]dragi[n].
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In modern manuscript editing (substantive and mechanical) sigla are the symbols used to indicate the source manuscript (e.g. variations in text between different such manuscripts).