Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
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Re: Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
Oh, and Lane, since you are now getting knee deep into this stuff, I wanted to point something out that is bound to confuse you if you do not expect it. There is also a tendency for the scribes to replace a final nu in a word with a horizontal stroke. This is not the same thing as a nomen sacrum; it is more like a kind of shorthand or the like. Here is an example:
That stroke is actually the nu at the end of ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτόν in Romans 14.3. Apologies if you were already aware of this. I can see it becoming a source of confusion if you were not, though.
That stroke is actually the nu at the end of ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτόν in Romans 14.3. Apologies if you were already aware of this. I can see it becoming a source of confusion if you were not, though.
Re: Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
May just have a heavy hand. The kind of trait that one looks for in a bartender.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:13 pmIt happens again at the end of a line a few pages later. Also kind of happens in the middle of a line on the same page:
P46, Romans 10.1-11.png
Going to keep my eye out for more examples of this, hopefully encounter it in other manuscripts.
Re: Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
Thanks man. That's nu to me.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:27 pm Oh, and Lane, since you are now getting knee deep into this stuff, I wanted to point something out that is bound to confuse you if you do not expect it. There is also a tendency for the scribes to replace a final nu in a word with a horizontal stroke. This is not the same thing as a nomen sacrum; it is more like a kind of shorthand or the like. Here is an example:
P46, Romans 13.12-14.8.png
That stroke is actually the nu at the end of ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτόν in Romans 14.3. Apologies if you were already aware of this. I can see it becoming a source of confusion if you were not, though.
Sorry. Couldn't resist. That actually is something nice to know. Will keep an eye out for it.
Re: Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
^ Any idea why that is done?
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And yet just a few lines down we find another word that has the very same ending with no overstroke for nu.
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How hard did you try?Sorry. Couldn't resist.
No, not really.
Yep! Inconsistency in a manuscript is the rule, not the exception.
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Re: Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
Look at the variation in these supralinears:
Some undershoot the abbreviation considerably; others overshoot. One of them completely misses the Χ in ΧΡΥ. ETA: Right before that last one, the stroke misses the Ι of ΙΗΥ, too.
Some undershoot the abbreviation considerably; others overshoot. One of them completely misses the Χ in ΧΡΥ. ETA: Right before that last one, the stroke misses the Ι of ΙΗΥ, too.
Re: Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
I can easily see that I have just found my new favorite obsession.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:34 pm Look at the variation in these supralinears:
P46, 2 Corinthians 1.1-8.png
Some undershoot the abbreviation considerably; others overshoot. One of them completely misses the Χ in ΧΡΥ. ETA: Right before that last one, the stroke misses the Ι of ΙΗΥ, too.
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Re: Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
You will soon know more about the nomina sacra than 99.9% of interested persons on earth. Ignorance of how the nomina sacra actually work in the manuscripts abounds.Jax wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:02 pmI can easily see that I have just found my new favorite obsession.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:34 pm Look at the variation in these supralinears:
P46, 2 Corinthians 1.1-8.png
Some undershoot the abbreviation considerably; others overshoot. One of them completely misses the Χ in ΧΡΥ. ETA: Right before that last one, the stroke misses the Ι of ΙΗΥ, too.
Re: Some Observations on the Nomina Sacra of the First Three Centuries
Challenge accepted!Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:27 pmYou will soon know more about the nomina sacra than 99.9% of interested persons on earth. Ignorance of how the nomina sacra actually work in the manuscripts abounds.Jax wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:02 pmI can easily see that I have just found my new favorite obsession.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:34 pm Look at the variation in these supralinears:
P46, 2 Corinthians 1.1-8.png
Some undershoot the abbreviation considerably; others overshoot. One of them completely misses the Χ in ΧΡΥ. ETA: Right before that last one, the stroke misses the Ι of ΙΗΥ, too.