Beta escape Definition

Refer to the TLG Beta Code Manual for a full listing.
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Interlinear Markings

This escape is used to delimit text which appeared above the line in the original text. This may be a scribal interpolation.

In Diogenes Phil. Oenoandensis, Fragmenta. (1321.011, Fragment 18 column col2 line 14) this is escape represents a partial letter.

In Fragmenta Alchemica, Tractatus alchemicus (fragmenta) (P. Leid. 10) (1379 001) the glyph variant << >> is used.