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To: NYer
That uncial script is hard to read for somebody used to Classical Greek -- the letters are formed differently, no diacritical marks, and check out the abbreviation for qeos - they draw a line over theta and sigma, and that does it! I wonder if it was to avoid writing the Holy Name.
6 posted on 01/25/2007 2:52:05 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother; NYer

"That uncial script is hard to read for somebody used to Classical Greek -- the letters are formed differently, no diacritical marks, and check out the abbreviation for qeos - they draw a line over theta and sigma, and that does it! I wonder if it was to avoid writing the Holy Name."

Looks like regular old Byzantine Greek to me! Truth be told, its a simpler language than ancient Greek. :)


8 posted on 01/25/2007 3:37:10 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: AnAmericanMother
That uncial script is hard to read for somebody used to Classical Greek

(The late) Bruce Metzger wrote a book that looks helpful: Manuscripts of the Greek Bible, an Introduction to Paleography. It's too pricey for me, though.

My Greek skills are quite deteriorated, but I didn't find the pictured scrap hard to work through.

I hope the Vatical Library takes very good care of that treasure.

14 posted on 03/01/2007 12:23:11 PM PST by Lee N. Field
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