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.

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Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 30). Pilcrow. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 8, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pilcrow&oldid=1200941643

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pilcrow The pilcrow character marks the start of a paragraph.

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What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV

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Pilcrow (Wikipedia) The pilcrow, ¶, 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.

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