After the Obelus: Marx's Manuscripts, Machine Composition, and the Politics of Interpretive Supply

"After the Obelus: Marx's Manuscripts, Machine Editions, and the Two Marks of Custody" is a 3,819-word theoretical paper by Sharks, Lee, dated 2026-07-29. It is registered as AXN:059F (deposit #1422) in the Crimson Hexagonal Archive under the GENERATIVE semantic family. An essay on editorial custody from Alexandria to the machine edition: the obelus as the mark that preserves-while-doubting, the tombstone as the mark that deletes-while-certifying, Marx's manuscript tradition as the modern test case, and machine composition as the new editorial layer that marks nothing.