116v: the "plummeting stone"

[Anton]

Marking a dubious place would be a nice explanation. The line of dots leads to the +ma+ria+ (more specifically - to "ma"), where "maria" is a common word, but a cross is inserted in between, making it "ma" + "ria". Were this spell copied from another source, the scribe may have been in doubt whether "maria" is a single word there or is not. The fact that the middle cross is added afterwards is of itself evidence of a certain  "doubt", since it is apparently added afterwards, be that in the original (unknown to us) or only in this copy (the VMS).