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''' | '''Abbreviation Symbol Key''' | ||
Symbols Used: | Symbols Used: | ||
[[Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon.|O]] = original manuscript | |||
P = printer's manuscript | |||
A = 1830, Palmyra, New York edition | A = 1830, Palmyra, New York edition | ||
Latest revision as of 10:25, 27 November 2014
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
