[B-Greek] Greek accent perispomeni question
Brent Hudson
brent at riveroflifembchurch.com
Thu Jun 17 10:19:42 EDT 2004
In addition to Ken's list, the Oxford Classical Texts use a Porson font as
does Lightfoot's Apostolic Fathers and his commentaries. The JACT material
uses Porson and Mastronarde uses the lunate perispomeni in his grammar as
well. The lunate form (and the Porson font for that matter) holds the
dominant position in terms of published Greek texts.
Personally, I like the lunate form, but I'm sure this has to do with my
early exposure to Greek in the UBS and then the Loeb series followed by
various Oxford Classical Texts. As a result, I don't just favour the lunate
perispomeni, I find porsonesque fonts in general pleasing to my eye.
Brent Hudson
Moncton, NB
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ken Penner
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:12 AM
> To: 'Patrick Durusau'; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [B-Greek] Greek accent perispomeni question
>
> For reference,
>
> NA, Aland's Synopsis, BDF, Louw-Nida use the tilde form, UBS,
> Rahlfs LXX, Loeb, BAGD, LSJ, Smyth, Hatch-Redpath use the lunate form.
>
> I personally slightly prefer the lunate form, but the tilde
> form looks somehow more ... Classic. It seems to me that more
> a more rounded typeface should use the lunate, and a more
> angular typeface the tilde. Unfortunately the GIF attachment
> did not come through.
>
> Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A.
> (Hebrew Poetry) Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
> pennerkm at mcmaster.ca Flash! Pro vocabulary software:
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>
> > Our developer has a question about the Greek accent perispomeni. I
> > have pasted his query with a GIF file that illustrates the question
> > below.
>
> > The Greek accent perispomeni may take two different forms.
> The first
> > and older of these forms is similar to the Latin tilde,
>
> > second, lunate form of perispomeni, which resembles an
> upturned breve.
>
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