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marginalia

handwritten notes, text blocks and illustrations in margins of book pages
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marginalia

Summary

marginalia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (680 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • marginalia is a type of handwriting[2].
  • marginalia is a type of note[3].
  • marginalia is a type of annotation[4].
  • marginalia's Commons category is recorded as Marginalia[5].
  • marginalia's said to be the same as is recorded as side note[6].
  • marginalia comprises probatio pennae[7].
  • marginalia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • marginalia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • marginalia's partially coincident with is recorded as marginal illustration[10].
  • marginalia's partially coincident with is recorded as drollery[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include handwriting[2], note[3], and annotation[4].

Use and Application

marginalia comprises probatio pennae[7].

Why It Matters

marginalia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (680 views/month).[1] marginalia has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] marginalia is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

annotation emacs-marginalia The Rosenthal collection of printed books with manuscript annotations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → handwriting, note, annotation
    Has part(s) → probatio pennae
    Partially coincident with → marginal illustration, drollery
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23475, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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