[sorry for the delay; I'm trying to catch up on this list] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Michael Everson > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 2:56 PM
> At 14:39 -0800 2003-12-23, John Hudson wrote: > > >Now, that said, I am very keen to have the Samaritan shin encoded, > >because this is used as a mark in the apparatus critici of the BHS > >and possibly other Bible editions (in BHS it used in citations of > >Pentateuchi textus Hebraeo-Samaritanus secundum). I'd be perfectly > >happy to see it encoded as a Letterlike Symbol, since it is being > >used as a symbol and not as a Samaritan letter. > > Perhaps it must be in any case, due to directionality issues. Apparently nobody noticed that I submitted a proposal for this thing last year, the response to which was that it should be left until all of Samaritan is encoded. Peter Constable
