Re: One q. of lexicography, one q. of orthography

Eisel,

>   The obelus (nothing to do with Syriac) is used to mark corrupt text,
> among other things, in old European manuscripts, etc.
>
>   As I recall, old Latin MS just show the obelus as a kind of flat
> line, and it is now most often drawn as a stylized "dagger".

Besides the flat line (looks to me like an em dash), it was also written
with a dot above and below like a division sign. The Epilegomena to Vol. I
of _A Critical Pali Dictionary_ has on pp. 35-6* a list of 15 signs used in
the dictionary. Included is the "crux philologorum" (= the dagger) used
before a corrupt text-element.

Jim


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