parablepsis

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  • (paleography) A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.

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Derived from Ancient Greek παρά (beside, near, abnormal, by, against, next to, from, contrary to, contrary, beyond).

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παρά

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beside, near, abnormal, by, against, next to, from, contrary to, contrary, beyond

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