Re: Qumran Greek

Elaine Keown Hi, --- Michael Everson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The X looks like a CHI of course. It is a chi!!!--E. G. Turner Greek Manuscripts of the Ancient World 1987 says that chi is an editorial mark. His book has a plate of a Greek ms showing the chi and paragraphos near eac

Re: Qumran Greek

On 09/12/2003 15:27, Philippe Verdy wrote: ... I had the same feeling when I replied to Elaine that this may be an annotation added by a Coptic scribe within the Hebrew text. But it was hard to guess if this was the case. Coptic religious have made extensive studies in Egypt related to ancient te

Re: Qumran Greek

Elaine in central Texas Hi, > I would guess that the first of your symbols, if > Greek, is a PARAGRAPHOS or a FORKED PARAGRAPHOS. > It's also used in Coptic. Yes, both of those seem to be at Qumran. In Coptic, do you know what period of time they are in? > The X looks like a CHI of cour

RE: Qumran Greek

At 00:27 +0100 2003-12-10, Philippe Verdy wrote: It's exactly similar to annotating today a Han text with notes in English. So I'm not sure it needs a specific encoding, as this may just be a shift from one script to another. Of course the PARAGRAPHOS characters are to be encoded in the Supplement

RE: Qumran Greek

I have no problem with Qumran scribes being multilingual or using Greek symbols in either Coptic or Hebrew or Aramaic text. -- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com

RE: Qumran Greek

Michael Everson wrote: > At 13:34 -0800 2003-12-08, Elaine Keown wrote: > >I include 2 Qumran symbols that are probably Greek. > > Obviously it's impossible to tell from two tiny gifs > > >I'm looking for help with the large 'X'. > > I would guess that the first of your symbols, if Greek, is

Re: Qumran Greek

At 13:34 -0800 2003-12-08, Elaine Keown wrote: I include 2 Qumran symbols that are probably Greek. Obviously it's impossible to tell from two tiny gifs I'm looking for help with the large 'X'. I would guess that the first of your symbols, if Greek, is a PARAGRAPHOS or a FORKED PARAGRAPHOS. It

Re: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

> > is > > a complete listing of new symbols to go into Unicode > > Thanks!--how many Web sites do you all have? http://www.evertype.com/formal.html is a good link to what Michael Everson is doing. is an

RE: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

>> and why >> aren't they linked together for us fringies? > >They are... For some reason, my first thought was of Ford Prefect asking the fellow regarding the not-well-publicized plans to build a by-pass, "Have you ever thought of going into advertizing? "-) >No, it is made from the Riv

Re: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

Elaine asked: > > is > > a complete listing of new symbols to go into Unicode > > Thanks!--how many Web sites do you all have? http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2 is the official website of -- you guessed it -- JTC1/SC2, the JTC1 subcommittee which m

Re: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

Mark Shoulson wondered: > >And not complete. That is simply the draft for the PDAM > >(preliminary draft amendment) to 10646. It will be subject > >to national ballot comments, which will, no doubt, result > >in further additions, as well as some minor modifications to > >what is currently there.

[OT] (was: New symbols (was Qumran Greek))

Elaine Keown writes: > Eggnog sounds good--Guiness is that scary dark > stuff--distilled from peat bog water with charcoal for > flavor, right?--Elaine Don't criticize the Guinness (with 2 N's) too much Elaine. I really like it, and am eager to find a good pub at Saint-Patrick's Day to have fun w

Re: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

On 12/08/03 18:21, Kenneth Whistler wrote: And not complete. That is simply the draft for the PDAM (preliminary draft amendment) to 10646. It will be subject to national ballot comments, which will, no doubt, result in further additions, as well as some minor modifications to what is currently the

Re: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

Elaine asked Eggnog sounds good--Guiness is that scary dark stuff--distilled from peat bog water with charcoal for flavor, right?--Elaine Wrong. -- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com

Re: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

Elaine in Tejas central Hi, > is > a complete listing of new symbols to go into Unicode Thanks!--how many Web sites do you all have? and why aren't they linked together for us fringies? When I looked last month, I couldn't find any link

Re: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

> > Also, where will the new numbers for the accepted TLG > > items be posted? Debbie said everything got in, but I > > don't know where to find their assigned code points. > > is a > complete listing of new symbols to go into Unicode 4.1. > Reme

Re: New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

At 14:20 -0800 2003-12-08, D. Starner wrote: is a complete listing of new symbols to go into Unicode 4.1. Remember that it's all still draft; there's a rumor going around that Ken Whistler and Michael Everson plan to get together after too much egg

New symbols (was Qumran Greek)

> Also, where will the new numbers for the accepted TLG > items be posted? Debbie said everything got in, but I > don't know where to find their assigned code points. is a complete listing of new symbols to go into Unicode 4.1. Remember that it's

Qumran Greek

Elaine Keown Hi, I include 2 Qumran symbols that are probably Greek. I'm looking for help with the large 'X'. Also, where will the new numbers for the accepted TLG items be posted? Debbie said everything got in, but I don't know where to find their assigned code points. Thanks Elaine