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0G6.2. Conjectural and indecipherable text. Indicate a conjectural interpolation by adding a question mark immediately after the interpolation, within the square brackets. Supply a question mark enclosed in square brackets for each indeterminable word or portion of word. Make a note to justify the interpolations, provide explanations, or offer tentative readings of indecipherable portions of text, if considered important. amico[rum?] (Comment: The word ends with a symbol of contraction that is conjectured to be a ) amico[?] (Comment: The symbol of contraction at the end of the word cannot be determined) El[speth?] [?] McWhorter (Comment: An autograph with some conjectured letters in the forename and an indecipherable middle initial, transcribed in a local note) 0G6.3. Lacunae in imperfect copies. If the description is based on an imperfect copy (see 0B2.2), use the mark of omission enclosed in square brackets ([...]) to show lacunae in the resource. En Barcelo[na] : Por Sebastian Mateu[...] Note: Description based on an imperfect copy; title page torn with partial loss of imprint 0G6.4. Blank spaces. If transcribing text containing a blank space intended to be completed in manuscript, as is common in forms and certain government documents, supply the word “blank” enclosed in square brackets. If the blank has been completed in the item being described, indicate this in a local note, if considered important. A catalogue of books, to be sold on [blank] the [blank] day of February, 1755 ... Optional local note: Library's copy has date of auction supplied in manuscript: [Wednesday] the [26th] day of February, 1755