Punctuation practice in Early Modern English scientific writing: The case of MS 3009 at the Wellcome library, London Criado Peña, Miriam Punctuation Early Modern English Scientific texts Recipe books Manuscripts The study of punctuation has traditionally been overlooked by some scholars for being considered haphazard and unpredictable. In medieval manuscripts, every scribe was free to use their own repertory of symbols. However, the establishment of the printing press along with the proliferation of professional scriveners resulted in a process of standardization of the system in such a way that by the end of the 16th century a repertory of punctuation symbols was fully developed (Salmon 1999: 15; Calle-Martín 2019: 179-200). The present study seeks to examine the punctuation system of a 17th century recipe book housed in the Wellcome Library in London, MS Wellcome 3009. This paper has therefore been conceived with a twofold objective: a) to assess the inventory of punctuation marks in the text; and b) to analyze the use and pragmatic functions of these symbols. 2025-10-31T10:50:03Z 2025-10-31T10:50:03Z 2020 journal article Criado-Peña, Miriam. 2020. Punctuation practice in Early Modern English scientific writing: The case of MS 3009 at the Wellcome library, London. Miscelánea 61, pp. 81-97. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.20205140 1137-6368 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/107644 10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.20205140 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Universidad de Zaragoza