paraphs

Noun

paraph (plural paraphs)

1. A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.

   Synonyms:

   flourish

2. A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division.
   • Commencing with a C-shaped paraph-sign in the same brown ink, the glosses are linked to their corresponding passages by alphabetic signs comprising single letters in a sequence beginning with a in each margin, moving on to b, c, and d down the page, and, ideally, linking with the same letter in the...2016 October 3, “It’s A Wrap”, in Research Group on Manuscript Evidence

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