colon with upward curve (positura)

Image:
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Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 [s. xv–xviin], f. 2raFile:
Represents in Irish:
(marks end of section)
In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.
Represents in Latin:
(marks end of section)
In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.
Appearance
Build type:
Combination
Notational device:
Baseline symbol, Punctuation
Components:
At the baseline:
Symbols:



Colon (punctuation)
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Upward curve (punctuation)
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Meaning
Represents:
In Irish: (marks end of section)
In Latin: (marks end of section)
Comments:
According to Malcolm B. Parkes, Pause and effect: an introduction to the history of punctuation in the West (1992): 306, the colon followed by a curve was a form of positura which
was employed by insular scribes at the end of a paragraph in a series of paragraps or texts (e.g. annals) to imply that some continuation was to be expected to complete this series.
Context