"ma+" on f116v marginalia

[-JKP-]

In the VMS version, it looks to me like it originally was written "maria" and the + was added in. I don't think it's an abbreviation in the VMS, as it is in the Pal.Lat. 1369 example. I think it's a plus sign the same as the other plus signs (which were used in charms to signal each place where you genuflect to add "power" to the charm).

Maybe it's not the same thing.  But it looks like the + in the VMS was not added later since there's a space left for it.  In any case I'd still like to know what the ma+ means in the Pal. Lat. 1369 example.

The space is just as big between the i and the last a and nothing is added in there. The + in "maria" is above the line, the other plus signs are in line.

I'll look at the original document and see what the Latin abbreviation means. Back in a few...

Okay, I'm back... it's inci with a raised t which stands for incipit ("begins") in Latin.