Beta escape Definition

Refer to the TLG Beta Code Manual for a full listing.
#15

Diple

Editorial character

Marks new sections of text in prose and poetry. Marks quotations, where it appears at the start of each quoted line. Also marks marginal notes, erroneous text and textual variants. This character has a series of glyph variants, the most common of which is 7.

 

Aristarchean editorial character

Marginal. Marks a line on which there is a note on this line in Aristarchus’ accompanying commentary.

 

Line Filler

This Beta Code has often also been used to represent a line filler. The correct Beta Code for this, however, is #323.