Manicule (☞)
/ˈmæn.ɪ.kjuːl/
ETYMOLOGY
Latin manicula (little hand)
COINED BY
Medieval Scriptoria / Formalized by Robert Bringhurst
A typographic mark in the shape of a pointing hand, historically drawn in the margins of manuscripts to direct reader attention toward crucial axioms; the ancestral root of the digital cursor.
Marginal pointer icons that activate along the left gutter of curatorial monographs to highlight fundamental laws of spatial composition.
“The manicule is the hand of the author reaching across five centuries to tap the reader on the shoulder.”
Bringhurst, R. (2004). The elements of typographic style (3rd ed.). Hartley & Marks Publishers.
The Chromologium Archive (2026). “Manicule (☞)”. Lexicon of Emergent Disciplines. https://chromologium.com/lexicon/manicule