diff --git a/dapytains/tei/citeStructure.py b/dapytains/tei/citeStructure.py
index 2ce98aa..c00aae4 100644
--- a/dapytains/tei/citeStructure.py
+++ b/dapytains/tei/citeStructure.py
@@ -285,6 +285,23 @@ def resolve_node(self, reference: str) -> Optional[saxonlib.PyXdmNode]:
         """ Resolve `reference` to its concrete node. """
         return self._resolve_groups(self._parse_reference(reference))
 
+    def milestone_anchors(self, reference: str) -> List[saxonlib.PyXdmNode]:
+        """ Concrete nodes of every milestone-mode ancestor unit in `reference`'s chain, in
+        chain (= document) order: e.g. for line "2.3" in a cb/lb tree, the <cb n="2"/> node;
+        for "1.2.2" in a pb/cb/lb tree, the <pb n="1"/> and that page's second <cb/>.
+
+        These milestones give the passage its citation identity but never appear on the
+        resolved node's own ancestor path — milestone "children" are siblings in the document,
+        not descendants — so passage extraction must copy them explicitly. """
+        groups = self._parse_reference(reference)
+        anchors = []
+        for position, (key, _) in enumerate(groups[:-1]):
+            if self.structure_by_key[key].milestone:
+                node = self._resolve_groups(groups[:position + 1])
+                if node is not None:
+                    anchors.append(node)
+        return anchors
+
     def generate_xpath(self, reference):
         groups = self._parse_reference(reference)
 
diff --git a/dapytains/tei/document.py b/dapytains/tei/document.py
index 026e814..db24b09 100644
--- a/dapytains/tei/document.py
+++ b/dapytains/tei/document.py
@@ -346,6 +346,37 @@ def _treat_siblings(
             )
 
 
+def _copy_milestone_anchors(
+        xpath_proc: PyXPathProcessor,
+        result_start: saxonlib.PyXdmNode,
+        anchors: List[saxonlib.PyXdmNode],
+        new_tree: Element,
+        processor: saxonlib.PySaxonProcessor
+) -> None:
+    """ Copy citation-anchoring milestone nodes (e.g. <cb/>) into the reconstructed tree.
+
+    A milestone-nested reference resolves to its deepest node only (e.g. the <lb/>), while
+    the milestones carrying the passage's citation identity (the <cb/> of "this column") sit
+    before it in the document as siblings, not ancestors. At each reconstruction level, copy
+    the anchors that are direct children of the current root and precede the start node;
+    anchors sitting deeper along the path are copied by the deeper recursion levels. An
+    anchor sealed inside an element that is not on the walked path (e.g. a <cb/> closing
+    inside a previous wrapper) is not recovered.
+
+    :param xpath_proc: XPath processor whose context is the current root
+    :param result_start: Node the walk resolved at this level (start side)
+    :param anchors: Milestone nodes of the start reference's ancestor units
+    :param new_tree: Reconstructed copy of the current root
+    """
+    xpath_proc.declare_variable("__anchor")
+    xpath_proc.declare_variable("__anchor_start")
+    xpath_proc.set_parameter("__anchor_start", result_start)
+    for anchor in anchors:
+        xpath_proc.set_parameter("__anchor", anchor)
+        if xpath_proc.effective_boolean_value("exists(./node()[. is $__anchor][. << $__anchor_start])"):
+            copy_node(anchor, include_children=True, parent=new_tree, processor=processor)
+
+
 def xpath_eval(proc: PyXPathProcessor, xpath) -> List:
     return proc.evaluate(xpath) or []
 
@@ -367,7 +398,8 @@ def reconstruct_doc(
     end_xpath: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     start_siblings: Optional[Union[str, int]] = None,
     end_siblings: Optional[Union[str, int]] = None,
-    copy_until: bool = False
+    copy_until: bool = False,
+    start_anchors: Optional[List[saxonlib.PyXdmNode]] = None
 ) -> Element:
     """ Loop over passages to construct and increment new tree given a parent and XPaths
 
@@ -379,6 +411,8 @@ def reconstruct_doc(
     :type end_xpath: [str]
     :param start_siblings: If siblings of starts need to be captured, provide the XPATH here. If == COPY_UNTIL_END, copy until ends
     :param end_siblings: If siblings of end need to be captured, provide XPath here.  If == COPY_UNTIL_END, copy until ends
+    :param start_anchors: Milestone nodes (e.g. <cb/>) anchoring the start reference's ancestor
+        units, to be copied where they precede the start node (see _copy_milestone_anchors)
     :return: Newly incremented tree
 
     """
@@ -424,6 +458,9 @@ def reconstruct_doc(
             ):
                 copy_node(sibling, include_children=True, parent=new_tree, processor=processor)
 
+        if start_anchors and new_tree is not None and result_start is not None:
+            _copy_milestone_anchors(xpath_proc, result_start, start_anchors, new_tree, processor=processor)
+
         # We get the children if the XPath stops here
         # We copy the node we found
         copied_node = copy_node(
@@ -446,7 +483,8 @@ def reconstruct_doc(
                 start_xpath=queue_start,
                 end_xpath=queue_end,
                 start_siblings=start_siblings,
-                end_siblings=end_siblings, processor=processor
+                end_siblings=end_siblings, processor=processor,
+                start_anchors=start_anchors
             )
         if start_siblings is not None:
             _treat_siblings(context_node=result_start, xpath=start_siblings, last_node=copied_node,
@@ -479,7 +517,8 @@ def reconstruct_doc(
                 end_xpath=queue_end,
                 start_siblings=start_siblings,
                 end_siblings=end_siblings,
-                processor=processor
+                processor=processor,
+                start_anchors=start_anchors
             )
             return new_tree
 
@@ -506,7 +545,8 @@ def reconstruct_doc(
                 end_xpath=queue_end,
                 start_siblings=start_siblings,
                 end_siblings=end_siblings,
-                processor=processor
+                processor=processor,
+                start_anchors=start_anchors
             )
             return new_tree
 
@@ -517,6 +557,9 @@ def reconstruct_doc(
         if end_is_traversing:
             queue_end = end_xpath
 
+        if start_anchors and new_tree is not None and result_start is not None:
+            _copy_milestone_anchors(xpath_proc, result_start, start_anchors, new_tree, processor=processor)
+
         # We start by copying start.
         parent_start = copy_node(
             result_start,
@@ -537,7 +580,8 @@ def reconstruct_doc(
                 start_xpath=queue_start,
                 end_xpath=queue_start,
                 start_siblings=start_siblings,
-                processor=processor
+                processor=processor,
+                start_anchors=start_anchors
             )
 
         # We look for siblings between start and end matches. When both ends are already
@@ -675,6 +719,13 @@ def get_passage(
         start_sibling = None
         end_sibling = None
 
+        # Milestone-nested start (e.g. a line under a <cb/>): the milestones that anchor its
+        # ancestor units are siblings in the document, not ancestors, so the walk would skip
+        # them. Resolve them now so reconstruct_doc can copy them where they belong.
+        start_anchors = None
+        if self.citeStructure[tree].is_milestone_nested(start):
+            start_anchors = self.citeStructure[tree].milestone_anchors(start)
+
         if end:
             end_xpath = self.citeStructure[tree].generate_xpath(end)
             end_xpath_norm = normalize_xpath(xpath_split(end_xpath))
@@ -715,7 +766,8 @@ def get_passage(
             end_xpath=end_xpath_norm,
             start_siblings=start_sibling,
             end_siblings=end_sibling,
-            processor=self.xml_processor
+            processor=self.xml_processor,
+            start_anchors=start_anchors
         )
         objectify.deannotate(root, cleanup_namespaces=True)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6bdc4ec..10feb92 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def read_requirements():
 
 setup(
     name="dapytains",
-    version="1.0.0rc1",
+    version="1.0.0rc2",
     author="Thibault Clérice",
     author_email="thibault.clerice@inria.fr",
     description="A brief description of dapytains",
diff --git a/tests/tei/cb_lb_milestones_split_ab.xml b/tests/tei/cb_lb_milestones_split_ab.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9598256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tei/cb_lb_milestones_split_ab.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
+  <teiHeader>
+    <fileDesc>
+      <titleStmt>
+        <title>Sample Latin Inscription, one ab per column</title>
+      </titleStmt>
+      <publicationStmt>
+        <p>Unit test example</p>
+      </publicationStmt>
+      <sourceDesc>
+        <p>Fictitious inscription for testing.</p>
+      </sourceDesc>
+    </fileDesc>
+
+    <encodingDesc>
+      <refsDecl>
+        <citeStructure unit="column" match="//body//cb" use="@n">
+          <citeStructure unit="line" match=".//lb" use="@n" delim="." />
+        </citeStructure>
+      </refsDecl>
+    </encodingDesc>
+  </teiHeader>
+
+  <text>
+    <body>
+      <div type="edition">
+        <ab>
+
+          <cb xml:id="c1" n="1"/>
+          <lb xml:id="c1l1" n="1"/>IMP CAESARI
+          <lb xml:id="c1l2" n="2"/>DIVI F AVGVSTO
+          <lb xml:id="c1l3" n="3"/>PONTIFICI MAXIMO
+          <lb xml:id="c1l4" n="4"/>TRIB POTESTATE X
+        </ab>
+        <ab>
+          <cb xml:id="c2" n="2"/>
+          <lb xml:id="c2l1" n="1"/>COS XIII P P
+          <lb xml:id="c2l2" n="2"/>SENATVS POPVLVSQVE
+          <seg>
+          <lb xml:id="c2l3" n="3"/>ROMANVS
+          <lb xml:id="c2l4" n="4"/>D D
+          </seg>
+
+        </ab>
+      </div>
+    </body>
+  </text>
+</TEI>
diff --git a/tests/test_tei.py b/tests/test_tei.py
index 075eb75..61ce0d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_tei.py
+++ b/tests/test_tei.py
@@ -279,12 +279,14 @@ def test_milestone_cb_lb():
         ("2", ["2.1", "2.2", "2.3", "2.4"]),
     ]
 
-    # Same @n value ("1") in both columns must resolve to different, disambiguated lines
+    # Same @n value ("1") in both columns must resolve to different, disambiguated lines,
+    # and each passage must carry the <cb/> milestone anchoring its column
     assert tostring(doc.get_passage("1.1"), encoding=str) == (
         '<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text>\n'
         '    <body>\n'
         '      <div type="edition">\n'
         '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="c1" n="1"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="c1l1" n="1"/>IMP CAESARI\n'
         '          </ab>\n'
         '      </div>\n'
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ def test_milestone_cb_lb():
         '    <body>\n'
         '      <div type="edition">\n'
         '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="c2" n="2"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="c2l1" n="1"/>COS XIII P P\n'
         '          </ab>\n'
         '      </div>\n'
@@ -311,6 +314,7 @@ def test_milestone_cb_lb():
         '    <body>\n'
         '      <div type="edition">\n'
         '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="c1" n="1"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="c1l4" n="4"/>TRIB POTESTATE X\n\n'
         '          </ab>\n'
         '      </div>\n'
@@ -319,12 +323,13 @@ def test_milestone_cb_lb():
         '</TEI>'
     )
 
-    # A range crossing the column boundary should include the <cb/> milestone itself
+    # A range crossing the column boundary should include both <cb/> milestones
     assert tostring(doc.get_passage("1.4", "2.1"), encoding=str) == (
         '<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text>\n'
         '    <body>\n'
         '      <div type="edition">\n'
         '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="c1" n="1"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="c1l4" n="4"/>TRIB POTESTATE X\n\n'
         '          <cb xml:id="c2" n="2"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="c2l1" n="1"/>COS XIII P P\n'
@@ -336,6 +341,61 @@ def test_milestone_cb_lb():
     )
 
 
+def test_milestone_cb_lb_split_ab():
+    """Milestone columns living in separate <ab> containers, with lines wrapped in a <seg>:
+    a range must carry each side's <cb/> anchor and truncate the wrapper at the end line."""
+    doc = Document(f"{local_dir}/cb_lb_milestones_split_ab.xml")
+
+    refs = doc.get_reffs()
+    assert [(r.ref, [c.ref for c in r.children]) for r in refs] == [
+        ("1", ["1.1", "1.2", "1.3", "1.4"]),
+        ("2", ["2.1", "2.2", "2.3", "2.4"]),
+    ]
+
+    # The range starts at line 3, but column 1's <cb/> anchor must still be copied (lines 1-2
+    # must not); on the end side, the <seg> wrapper is kept and cut after line 2.3.
+    assert tostring(doc.get_passage("1.3", "2.3"), encoding=str) == (
+        '<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text>\n'
+        '    <body>\n'
+        '      <div type="edition">\n'
+        '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="c1" n="1"/>\n'
+        '          <lb xml:id="c1l3" n="3"/>PONTIFICI MAXIMO\n'
+        '          <lb xml:id="c1l4" n="4"/>TRIB POTESTATE X\n'
+        '        </ab>\n'
+        '        <ab>\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="c2" n="2"/>\n'
+        '          <lb xml:id="c2l1" n="1"/>COS XIII P P\n'
+        '          <lb xml:id="c2l2" n="2"/>SENATVS POPVLVSQVE\n'
+        '          <seg>\n'
+        '          <lb xml:id="c2l3" n="3"/>ROMANVS\n'
+        '          </seg>\n\n'
+        '        </ab>\n'
+        '      </div>\n'
+        '    </body>\n'
+        '  </text>\n'
+        '</TEI>'
+    )
+
+    # Single ref inside the <seg>: the <cb/> anchor is a sibling of the wrapper, one level
+    # above the line, and must still be copied.
+    assert tostring(doc.get_passage("2.3"), encoding=str) == (
+        '<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text>\n'
+        '    <body>\n'
+        '      <div type="edition">\n'
+        '        <ab>\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="c2" n="2"/>\n'
+        '          <seg>\n'
+        '          <lb xml:id="c2l3" n="3"/>ROMANVS\n'
+        '          </seg>\n\n'
+        '        </ab>\n'
+        '      </div>\n'
+        '    </body>\n'
+        '  </text>\n'
+        '</TEI>'
+    )
+
+
 def test_milestone_pb_cb_lb():
     """Test a 3-level manuscript milestone hierarchy: page (<pb/>) > column (<cb/>) > line (<lb/>)"""
     doc = Document(f"{local_dir}/pb_cb_lb_milestones.xml")
@@ -346,12 +406,14 @@ def test_milestone_pb_cb_lb():
     ]
 
     # Same @n values ("1"/"2") repeat for column and line across every page; each must resolve
-    # to its own, disambiguated line.
+    # to its own, disambiguated line, anchored by its own <pb/> and <cb/> milestones.
     assert tostring(doc.get_passage("1.1.1"), encoding=str) == (
         '<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text>\n'
         '    <body>\n'
         '      <div type="edition">\n'
         '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <pb xml:id="p1" n="1"/>\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="p1c1" n="1"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="p1c1l1" n="1"/>alpha\n'
         '          </ab>\n'
         '      </div>\n'
@@ -364,6 +426,8 @@ def test_milestone_pb_cb_lb():
         '    <body>\n'
         '      <div type="edition">\n'
         '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <pb xml:id="p2" n="2"/>\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="p2c2" n="2"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="p2c2l1" n="1"/>eta\n'
         '          </ab>\n'
         '      </div>\n'
@@ -379,6 +443,8 @@ def test_milestone_pb_cb_lb():
         '    <body>\n'
         '      <div type="edition">\n'
         '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <pb xml:id="p1" n="1"/>\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="p1c2" n="2"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="p1c2l2" n="2"/>delta\n\n'
         '          <pb xml:id="p2" n="2"/>\n'
         '          </ab>\n'
@@ -388,12 +454,15 @@ def test_milestone_pb_cb_lb():
         '</TEI>'
     )
 
-    # A range crossing the page boundary should include both the <pb/> and <cb/> milestones
+    # A range crossing the page boundary should include the <pb/> and <cb/> milestones of
+    # both sides
     assert tostring(doc.get_passage("1.2.2", "2.1.1"), encoding=str) == (
         '<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text>\n'
         '    <body>\n'
         '      <div type="edition">\n'
         '        <ab>\n\n'
+        '          <pb xml:id="p1" n="1"/>\n'
+        '          <cb xml:id="p1c2" n="2"/>\n'
         '          <lb xml:id="p1c2l2" n="2"/>delta\n\n'
         '          <pb xml:id="p2" n="2"/>\n'
         '          <cb xml:id="p2c1" n="1"/>\n'