The Unwritten Index

A catalog can remember what its manuscript forgets.

Counts refer only to the seven manuscript bodies, not headings, interface copy, cards, or search results. Beta is the current witness; including retained witnesses adds Alpha.

Enter a term to search the actual manuscript paragraphs.

Consult a marginal note

The body-text search can include retained witnesses.

Read a more direct note

Read the first letters of the five retained paragraphs, in folio order.

Unassigned catalog card 000 has been retained as a missing reference.