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    Greek Letters

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    Greek letter combinations and abbreviations in manuscripts include ligatures formed by superimposing letters, letter forms that evolved from papyri to uncial to minuscule styles, and specialized abbreviations like nomina sacra where sacred names were contracted. Manuscripts also featured monograms combining letters into name symbols, and abbreviations from deformed letters or shorthand styles.

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    Greek letter combinations and abbreviations in manuscripts include ligatures formed by superimposing letters, letter forms that evolved from papyri to uncial to minuscule styles, and specialized abbreviations like nomina sacra where sacred names were contracted. Manuscripts also featured monograms combining letters into name symbols, and abbreviations from deformed letters or shorthand styles.

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    Greek letter combinations and abbreviations in manuscripts include ligatures formed by superimposing letters, letter forms that evolved from papyri to uncial to minuscule styles, and specialized abbreviations like nomina sacra where sacred names were contracted. Manuscripts also featured monograms combining letters into name symbols, and abbreviations from deformed letters or shorthand styles.

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    Greek Letters

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    Verónica Díaz Pereyro
    Greek letter combinations and abbreviations in manuscripts include ligatures formed by superimposing letters, letter forms that evolved from papyri to uncial to minuscule styles, and specialized abbreviations like nomina sacra where sacred names were contracted. Manuscripts also featured monograms combining letters into name symbols, and abbreviations from deformed letters or shorthand styles.

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    Greek Letter Combinations

    Ligatures: Usual combinations of Minuscule letters Ligatures: Combinations of letters in later minuscule MSS Ligatures: Combinations of letters by superposition

    Greek Letter Forms


    Letter Forms in Literary Papyri (to 8th century) Letter Forms in Uncial Manuscripts Letter Forms in Minuscule Manuscripts (from 9th Century)

    Abbreviations: through suspension together with superposition or combination

    Abbreviations: through contraction together with superposition, suspension or combination

    Nomina Sacra: names or titles of sacred figures, usually through contraction

    Symbols

    Monograms: combinations and superpositions of letters to create distinctive name-symbols

    Abbreviations: from deformation of letters or tachygraphy

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