marginalia
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- noun
- /ˌmɑrdʒɪˈneɪliə/
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marginalia
- We can trace the popularity and import of mystical works like Mechthild's, in part by following marginalia and letters accompanying manuscripts with instructions to share among particular houses and reading groups.
Examples
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Each leaf of the Baldwin draft contains handwritten marginalia.
Academic text (2007) -
She discovered fascinating marginalia in the old manuscript that provided insights into the author's thoughts.
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From the perspective of formal design and invention, the Prayer Book marginalia stand apart.
Academic text (2013) -
The annexed study showed none of the draft paper's marginalia.
Academic text (2013) -
And it was not the crabbed marginalia that the Abbe had applied to the essays of interest.
Fiction book (1992) -
85 Wilkinson, however, ignored this bit of marginalia, taking portions of the priest's testimony at face value.
Academic text (2018) -
Although most cartographers tend to dismiss marginalia as irrelevant or distracting, some point specifically to marginalia as indicative of a map's political meaning and power.
Academic text (2002) -
Her well-worn copy of Roger Tory Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds offers marginalia of a much more cheerful nature than her diagonal lines or my obituary scribbles.
Fiction book (1997) -
The historian analyzed the marginalia in the ancient texts to understand how readers engaged with the material.
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As I read the textbook, I noticed the marginalia that included helpful summaries and personal comments from previous readers.
Synonyms
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A written note in a text that explains a word or idea
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A short written note added to a document to give information
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A short comment added to the main talk or text
Notes written at the side of old books by scholars to explain the text
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Etymology
Marginalia comes from the word margin, which means 'edge' of a page. So marginalia are the small notes or marks people write in the margins of a book or manuscript.