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Definition of Siglum
1. an abbreviation to indicate the source of an edited text [n SIGLA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siglum
Literary usage of Siglum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"26 In this instance and others which follow in this chapter, I use the term siglum
for two to three letters which may represent initials or an abbreviated ..."
2. Fernando of Cordova: A Biographical and Intellectual Profile by John Monfasani (1992)
"8; Reich- ling 606; Goff, G-543), to which I assign the siglum "R." Seen in a
microfilm from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. ..."
3. Mythographi Graeci by Apollodorus, Joannes Pediasimus, Antonius Liberalis, Parthenius, Palaephatus, Eratosthenes, Heraclitus (1894)
"... -cav siglum cum accentu ... os in codici- bus deest, quoniam eius siglum in
R tarn misère iu- ..."
4. Scotland in Early Christian Times (second Series) by Joseph Anderson (1881)
"... as a siglum at the commencement of the inscription, and the character of the
... and bearing the formula " Pray for the soul of " preceded by the siglum ..."
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