At 12:24 pm -0400 16/4/01, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>bjm10 wrote:
>>On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>>
>> > As we seem to have alot of experts on Greek writing on the list, I dug
>>up a
>> > little question ...
>> >
>> > In a book on Christian symbols, I found several examples of Sigma
>>looking
>> > like a Latin "C". Was this common during Imperial Roman times?
>>
[snip]
>Thanks, but it was the CAPITAL Sigma I asked about ... which I apparently
>forgot to write out. Sorry.
The answer is "Yes".
The reversed C which the Emperor Claudius proposed to add to the Roman
alphabet with the value /ps/ was called _antisigma_ by some of the ancient
writers.
IC | XC
___|___
NI | KA
|
Ray.
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