Re: Greek letters ...
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 16, 2001, 16:24 |
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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?
>
>Actually, it's been common for a very long time. The West exaggerated
>the upper curve on one form of the small sigma. In the East, there were
>several versions, including the version that virtually eliminated the
>upper curve.
Thanks, but it was the CAPITAL Sigma I asked about ... which I apparently
forgot to write out. Sorry.
Andreas
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