Variant Abbreviation Symbols: Difference between revisions
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O = original manuscript | [[Original Manuscipt of the Book of Mormon.|O]] = original manuscript | ||
P = printer's manuscript | P = printer's manuscript | ||
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Abbreviation Symbol Key
Symbols Used:
O = original manuscript
P = printer's manuscript
A = 1830, Palmyra, New York edition
B = 1837 Kirtland, Ohio edition
S1 = Oliver Cowdery
S2 = unknown scribe x
( ), ( ), ( ), etc. = Shows missing parts of the name in the manuscript
x > y = change of x to y
x >+ y = change of x to y with more ink flow
x >- y = change of x to y with less ink flow
x >% y = change of x to y by erasure
x > NULL = deletion of x
x/y = ambiguity: either x or y
>jg = John Gilbert, 1830 typesetter
>js = Joseph Smith, editing for 1837 edition
(2x), (3x), etc. = the number of times a name occurs in a given verse
