What better way to mark the approach of National Punctuation Day on September 24 than to reflect on the origins of those "friendly spirits" (in Theodor Adorno's words) whose "bodiless presence nourishes the body of language."
(A revised version of this post can now be found at A Brief History of Punctuation.)
Image: Pause and Effect: Punctuation in the West by M.B. Parkes (University of California Press, 1993)
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