Orthographiae ratio

work by Manutius

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In punctuation: Punctuation in Greek and Latin to 1600
…a similar system in his Orthographiae ratio (“System of Orthography”); it included, under different names, the modern comma, semicolon, colon, and full point, or period. Most importantly, the younger Aldo stated plainly for the first time the view that clarification of syntax is the main object of punctuation. By the…
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