Codex E

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For anyone interested, this is the website that has images of Codex E, a copy of Acts that has Latin in one column with the corresponding Greek on a second column. The codex is thought to be from the mid 6th century to the early 8th. Enjoy!

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objec ... a85a7bc33/

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Just a few observations so far:

1: OThC, OThY etc with a superlinear line over the ThC (Th is Theta) seems to always be used and is translated as Deus though I have never seen it abbreviated this way before as it is usually ThC, ThY... with a superlinear line over the whole abbreviation.

2: OIC is sometimes used with a superlinear line over the IC but is inconsistent, with IC, IY, IN with a superlinear line over the whole abbreviation preferred and is translated as Ihesus, Ihesum.....

3: So far it seems that KC, KY, with a superlinear line over the abbreviation is only used and is translated as Dominus, Dominum...

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Stranger and stranger.

OPiHP (Pi = Pi) is being used with a superlinear line over the PiHP (Pi, Eta, Ro) and is translated as Pater (Father) which is the Greek word as well. It's usage in this case is in reference to God (God the Father). It's starting to look like any mention of God is started with an O as part of the abbreviation for some reason ie OThC, OPiHP. But why then is IC only rendered as OIC some of the time with IC, IY... so far, being the norm?

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Now we have OIC translated as IHS. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objec ... 9f861e25c/

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And here we have IC as Ihesus again. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objec ... 401e4c0f3/

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Here we have an example of OKC for Dominus https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objec ... 9f2697f95/

For anyone who wants to see how Kirios/Dominus is used, in Acts anyway, to refer to God or IC or whatever, studying this codex is a must. If the O in front of an abbreviation is an indicator that God is being referred to, and that seems to be the case, then this is a quick and simple guide as to how Kirios/IC/God is being handled.

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Here we have TOYKY IY XY for DOMINI IhESU ChRISTI and down the page is KC OThC for DOMINUS DEUS.

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objec ... 78229fb2b/

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Here we have IHL as ISTRahEL. It looks like they were treating the Eta in Greek as hE and using the first and last two letters as the Nomina sacra.

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objec ... 14012fd79/

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Interesting, here we have an example of Deus that is OThEOC in the Greek with no attempt to abbreviate the name.

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objec ... 84539e307/

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And now we have an example of IhESU as IHCOY in the Greek.

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objec ... 01ce55fe0/