italics | expansions of abbreviations in original text | |
<…> | lost or illegible text in the original | |
[ ] | enclose cancelled text in the original | |
(blank) | a blank in the original where text would be expected | |
º º | enclose text in the original added in another hand | |
˹ ˺ | enclose text written above the line | |
˻ ˼ | enclose text written below the line | |
^ | caret mark in the original | |
| | change of folio, membrane, page, or sheet in continuous text |