Preferred label

Virgule (features)                

Alternative label

Scope note

A forward-sloping line used in manuscript to signify a pause or break within and between sentences, or to separate paragraphs. 

Parent concept

Writing manipulation        

uh-linked-data/concept/596

Related concept      

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/582