Gloss (margin text)

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A Gloss–Margin text, is a note or notation (even 1-word), but often phrases, or sentences-(paragraph) found in documents, manuscripts, etc., (even clay tablets of cuneiform)(?), but especially, paper, papyrus, etc., found in the Margin space, the White space (visual arts). See: Gloss for an expanded explanation of "this subset" in the context of gloss, as well as in the development of the "glossaries" , both modern, but especially ancient glossaries.

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An example of a document with a Margin Text.
An example of a document with a Margin Text.

Numerous examples of margin texts exist.