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Marginalia
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<p>Marginalia (or apostils) are marks made in the <a href="/facts/Margin_(typography)/2PRlV2eW">margins</a> of a <a href="/facts/Book/Yylgt4AC">book</a> or other document. They may be scribbles, comments, <a href="/facts/Gloss_(annotation)/f7MlXzqo">glosses (annotations)</a>, <a href="/facts/Critique/Bcz9k97j">critiques</a>, <a href="/facts/Doodle/E8ptVDPw">doodles</a>, <a href="/facts/Drolleries/ramqnyzv">drolleries</a>, or <a href="/facts/Illuminated_manuscript/4IPxhUdM">illuminations</a>. </p>