[Scriptoris] Codex Aureus Question

[Hillary Greenslade]

It's tricky looking at period texts, as very often words or phrases used often in the religious texts, ceremonies or services were abbreviated, or shown only with the first letter for a specific recurring phrase.  It's handy to know the abbreviations, often found in the study of paleography.   I have a few books on the subject, maybe one of these days I'll put some of the common text abbreviations together for a class/handout.   

Cheers, Hillary



----- Original Message ----
From: Jennifer Smith <jds at randomgang.com>
To: "Scribes within Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <scriptoris at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 8:06:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Scriptoris] Codex Aureus Question

It's part of the wording. The text is from Matthew 1:18:

Christi autem generatio sic erat cum esset desponsata mater eius Maria
Ioseph antequam convenirent inventa est in utero habens [de Spiritu
Sancto]

The words in brackets are probably on the next page.  The word
"Christi" in Latin is here rendered in an abbreviated Greek form
instead; that's a chi (the X), a rho (the P) and an iota (the I).

-Emma (greek geek)

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Rose <rose_welch at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a questions about the Canterbury Codex Aureus
> inscription that I'm hoping someone can answer. On folio 11 of the
> Codex Aureus (which can be found here:
> http://www.soton.ac.uk/~enm/codexau.htm), there is a large X with
> animal heads on two of the ends. Is that letter the versal, and part of
> the wording, or is it just a graphic element, and not a letter?
>
> If anyone happens to know, please tell me. :) Thanks!
>
>
> Rose the Obnoxious
>
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