aperrin Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I was hoping someone could give me a crash course in the symbols used in the Hebrew Qumran modules that are used to indicate erasures and above line insertions. If I am not mistaken "{...}" is used for insertions. I only recently came across the sigla "<<...>>". Does this mean the text has been erased but is still somewhat visible? Thanks, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpkang Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 The QUMRAN - Read me first document (essential reading!) inside the /Accordance folder/Read Mes folder states, in part: [] material between single square brackets represent the modern editor's reconstruction. [[ ]] double square brackets represent a vacat, an area of unwritten skin left by the scribe. These are usually related to sense breaks in the text. {} single curly brackets represent the modern editors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 On the Primary DVDs there is a new module in the English tools called Read Me-Modules which collates all the read me files. We have plans to develop this further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperrin Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Laurence Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I'm bumping this one (a little!), in part because it seems to me there's been a small change since the above posts were written. If you want to understand the symbols in the Dead Sea Scrolls modules you'll need to access these "Read Mes" through the Help Menu: Help -> Documentation -> DSSB Read me first I hope this is helpful to people - I've been looking a little while before finding this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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