The pilcrow was a type of rubrication used in the Middle Ages to mark a new train of thought, before the convention of visually discrete paragraphs was commonplace.
pilcrowThe pilcrow character marks the start of a paragraph.
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Pilcrow (Wikipedia)The pilcrow, ΒΆ, is a typographical character that marks the start of a paragraph. It is also called the paragraph mark (or sign or symbol), paraph, or blind P.
