marginalia
Example Sentences
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At first it appears messy, improvised and oblique — the sculptural equivalent of marginalia.
From Washington Post
The interstitial collage elements play the role of footnotes, or more accurately, the marginalia of a slightly older, wiser reader revisiting a beloved book.
From Los Angeles Times
It would be five more years before “In Search” was published in full and decades before an authoritative text was established from the morass of his marginalia.
From Washington Post
A critic could generate a whole book review simply by reproducing her marginalia.
From New York Times
One of my favorites is the catalog that accompanies Swann’s annual LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History sale, which includes more than 200 items of queer marginalia from the Civil War era to today.
From New York Times
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