An introduction to Greek and Latin palaeography / by Sir Edward Maunde Thompson.

  • Edward Maunde Thompson
Date:
1912
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Credit: An introduction to Greek and Latin palaeography / by Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    e is frequently represented b}'' a short waved stroke, as in tlie word ix^ = ixeya, and in participial terminations, as 'keyojjX — keyoixfvos. ?j is also occasionally found in a similarly waved-stroke form, nearly always written in the line, as eTretSq T'tv. t is veiy rarely represented hy two dots (a late usage), as tt^' =7T€pl. CO appears in the tachygraphical form of a kind of circumflex, as if auye = ai'coy€. ai. The abbreviated sign of this termination is, in its earliest forms, an oblique or angular or s-shaped stroke, as k, k ks', later, ordinarily a waved stroke, which was afterwards exaggerated into a flourish; sometimes V, as = ■))ix4f)ai.. at?. The earlier sign was Z, as (rr?/A'^ = crT?/Aat?; later », as ravT» — ravTcns. This second form appeal’s to be a doubling of the sign for e?, a phonetic equivalent. av. An angular /_ and rounded are found in early MSS. Then a further developement in the curve took place, and a 6-shaped sign comes into use. or^ =oraf, '7Tao- = '!T(i(rav, yevvdb^ = yevvabav. ap. The horizontal stroke —, for a, and a ring representing p, were combined as the sigiiT), as ilTvpe'i=pcapTvpei. Or it was turned upwards, difTidv = dp.apTLav, or written in the line, as pL^Tvs = p.dpTvs, with dots representing a. a?. The constant sign was as cn-Ly^^ = (nLyas ; y^p^a-'^dai-^y^prjcraaOai. av. From a combination of —, for a,, and the upsilon, comes the sign -u, as 6p.d^(L = davp.d^ei. A rare sign is h, as tolI/ti] — ToiavTi]. ecv. At first was used a single sign yN (i.e. also the sign for ijv, a phonetic equivalent), as (Ttep-iv = litipiviiv. Then this Avas doubled for the sake of distinction /yA; afterwards one or both of the hooks are thrown off //; and finally the strokes are reduced in length //. €177'^/= et77€U', XeLTl = \ei7T€LV. et?. The sign ?, which represents ?/?, was sometimes also used for €t?; more generally it was doubled, as = nOeh. Another rare form is \ which appears to be the ordinary ligature of e and t with a cross-stroke. ev. An angle L, as 'p. = pev, which afterwards took a more rounded form, as ydyov = yeyoi;(v, degenerating at a later period into L, or even into a looped flourish like a wide a. The tachygraphic sign q is also occasionally found in use. ep. The oblique stroke, the tachygraphic sign for e, combines Avith a loop, for p, and makes the sign />, as tocr7i^ = oio-Trep, et7r(, = ei7rfp. More rarely a bar is used, as vTi\- —vnep, wcttiV = Jjo-Trep. €9. The early sign AA^as j, as (f)dyoiT^ = (f)dyovTei. But tAvo dots, representing tachygi’aphically the letter r, being frequently added in the common termination re?,a confusion between}' and ^ Avas the result, and at last} came to be used for e?, as Avorr’ = Avoi^re?, and superseded
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