an UNCIAL question
Chet Creider
creider at csd.uwo.ca
Wed Jul 31 19:54:40 EDT 2002
Long out of print but still available in libraries: the Westcott and
Hort Greek NT distinguishes quotations from the OT by putting them in
an uncial font _and_ gives the accents and breathing marks.
Chet Creider
U Western Ontario
> >===== Original Message From sandra hack polaski
<shpolaski at btsr.edu> ===== > >A student posed this question to me,
and I'm not sure of the answer, but I > >figured this would be the
place to ask! > >>Greg asked me to type up a scripture passage for
him for him in Greek as > >part of a handout for a class he's
teaching, and he wants it in all >capital > >letters. What do you do
with accents and breathing marks when you type in > >caps?
>
> When a capital appears at the beginning of a word (which is
normally the only > place you find it), they precede the letter. I
can't think of ever having seen > a text in all caps with accenting.
If we're talking about trying to mimic an > uncial MS, there aren't
any diacritics, are there? >
> Trevor Peterson
> CUA/Semitics
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