File:EB1911 Inscriptions - three dots.jpg

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English: An interpunction glyph for Roman inscriptions to go between words. According to the technical skill of the different periods in stone-cutting this dot is in some very ancient inscriptions quadrangular, or similar to an oblique cross (×), or oblong (as a bold stroke), but, as a rule, triangular, and never circular.
Date published 1911
Source “Inscriptions,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 14, 1911, p. 631.
Author Unknown engraverUnknown engraver

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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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