 ##  [Marginalia](/index.php/marginalia) 

  ##  [Marginalia](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/marginalia-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

Handwritten notes, comments, glosses, symbols, signs, corrections, or doodles made in the margins or interlinear spaces of a manuscript, printed book, or other textual object by readers, owners, scribes, or later hands, reflecting uses, interpretations, corrections, or informal communication.