24-10-2017, 04:24 PM
Thanks, VViews! I think your overview is correct.
I must say that the MS linked by bi3 seems to offer the closest parallel. If you browse through it, you see that rows of dots are used on various pages in the margin. They are clearly not diacritics, and even more certainly not puncta extraordinaria.
They look like the equivalent of an arrow, or those hands in medieval MSS that point out certain passages. Though I'm not sure. The interesting thing is that at least one of them points towards a circle.
I must say that the MS linked by bi3 seems to offer the closest parallel. If you browse through it, you see that rows of dots are used on various pages in the margin. They are clearly not diacritics, and even more certainly not puncta extraordinaria.
They look like the equivalent of an arrow, or those hands in medieval MSS that point out certain passages. Though I'm not sure. The interesting thing is that at least one of them points towards a circle.