IN THE MARGIN

Kanz-i daqāʾiq

A page with several orientations

Looking at the page

Notes run beside and below a red-bordered text panel, changing direction to occupy the available space.

Writing at the right edge and below the frame asks the reader to change direction as well as focus. This page makes the margin an active part of reading: a place to pause beside the main passage and attend to another piece of writing.

A question for the reader

What does the note add to the passage beside it—an explanation, a correction, or another reading? Its placement invites that question; establishing its meaning requires a careful transcription.

Source

Digital reproduction. Source file: Īn kitāb-i Kanz-i daqāʼiq.pdf; PDF page 8 (scan index, not a folio number).

The description concerns the visible arrangement of writing. The notes’ authorship, date, and relationship to the main text have not been established.

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