Meaning of punctus versus | Babel Free

Definitions

A medieval punctuation mark marking the end of a sentence (approximately ;)

Examples

“[…]moreover by turning the punctus after fiant into a punctus versus, he has repointed the two verses as a single sententia.”

“Thus the basic punctuation marks used in English manuscripts of the eleventh-thirteenth centuries are: the simple point, the punctus elevatus, the punctus versus, and the punctus interrogativus.”

“[…]the punctus versus is used at the close of the sentence and after words introducing direct speech[…]”

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