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Scribe Leo And The Nike Swoosh

4/4/2008 12:15:35 AM
Series: Greek Handwriting
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Here's another ligature, comin' at ya fast! This one is from Codex Hierosolymitanus. Here are ye examples of the day.

Any ideas?

Well, since you asked, that swoosh is a ligature for ας for Leo. Here is the text for the words:

  1. αντιμισθιας
  2. υμας
  3. ημας

And so now you know. Aren't you glad?

Series: Greek Handwriting
Series focusing on scribal handwriting in Greek manuscripts. Most manuscripts will be related to the New Testament, though some snippets will be pulled from other pieces of Greek literature.
Want to see more posts in this series?
  1. Greek Handwriting 1 - 1/12/2008
  2. Greek Handwriting 2 - 1/15/2008
  3. Greek Handwriting 3 - 1/23/2008
  4. Greek Handwriting 4 - 2/5/2008
  5. Smarts About The Nomina Sacra - 3/2/2008
  6. Alpha and Lambda In Alexandrinus - 3/3/2008
  7. Ligature in Codex Hierosolymitanus: ει - 3/24/2008
  8. Crazy Kappa Leo - 3/30/2008
  9. Scribe Leo And The Nike Swoosh - 4/4/2008
  10. Another Hierosolymitanus Ligature - 4/21/2008
  11. It Is και Ligature Day - 4/23/2008
  12. Tips For Reading Greek New Testament Minuscule GA 676 - 5/7/2008
  13. Corrections to Uncatalogued Lectionary Fragment (ULF) - 5/12/2008
  14. More Corrections To ULF - 5/13/2008
Comments: 3
Filed Under: Greek Greek Handwriting Textual Criticism

Comments

Chuck Grantham
Friday 4/4/2008 2:14 PM
Didn't get these at all. Have to review the previous material again. I have a rather beefy- looking manager named Leo, and I now picture him bent over a podium with quill in hand when I read these posts. Either him or DeCaprio.
Eric
Friday 4/4/2008 5:20 PM
Well, I don't think I've shown this one before. Not sure reviewing will help you with these. Of course, now I'm going to be stuck with an image of DeCaprio in my head...thanks...
Chuck Grantham
Friday 4/4/2008 7:13 PM
So this is the codex Archbishop Bryiennos brought to the world's attention, isn't it? I was reading about the Didache this afternoon and noted the scribe was named Leon and had lots of abbreviations. It dawned on me yours must be the same manuscript as our Didache source. Great story about that manuscript. As for deCaprio, think how earnest a scribe he would be, gazing off into the distance soulfully between writing. He might almost make textual criticism hip.

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