From "decryption" to "translation"

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Pilcrows and capitula were frequently in line with the main text, not just at the beginnings of paragraphs.


Also, a pilcrow sometimes looks like a letter (especially in the middle ages). The Capitula symbol was a "C". Sometimes it had a vertical stroke through it, but not always. Sometimes the only way you could distinguish it from the letter C was because it was in a different color. In other words, the C shape could be both a pilcrow and a letter. Some pilcrows look like t without the loops.

I've posted two blogs with examples:

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In the second blog, there is a pic that shows how pilcrows sometimes stretch over more than one letter, just as some of the VMS gallows glyphs sometimes stretch over more than one glyph.


Here's an example of pilcrows that are in line with the main text: