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Author: Diego Segui (UNC (Argentina))
Email: tirachinas at yahoo dot com
Date: 2007-07-06 09:27:11
Subject: Re: Anyone know about these two symbols?
Hello,
> Page d0175, entry "Eáster-wucu": At the beginning of the fourth line of the entry is a symbol which looks like a "k" with a bar thru it. However, it could also be an ordinary "k" with some accidentally smeared ink. Is barred-k a legitimate medievalist symbol? What does it mean? Does anybody know?
Not being a germanist or a medievalist at all, what follows is only an uneducated guess. Please note that in other entries which quote specific dates from chronicles the abbreviations for 'kalendae' and names of months like 'April' do have a tilde (not a bar) across or above one of their letters: e.g., on p. d0174 under 'eáster' it says 'on .ii. idus Apr., 1042' (tilde above 'r'); or 'on thone daeg .xvi. kl. Mai, 1066' (tilde across 'l'); etc. I have not found other examples of k-tilde, which is what the character in do175 really looks like (note the curl upwards); but then I have not searched thoroughly, and feel quite sure that 'kalendis' is intended here, whether it is an alternative for 'kl' or a typo. Variation seems to be possible: 'Apr.' also appears as 'Aprl.' under the same entry.
BTW, congratulations for the project. I have been visiting it for a while now and have found it both fascinating and useful.
Diego Segui
Cordoba, Argentina
| Messages in this thread | Name | College/University | Date |
| Anyone know about these two symbols? |
Sean Crist |
Nuance Communications |
2007-06-30 21:16:52 |
| Re: Anyone know about these two symbols? |
Diego Segui |
UNC (Argentina) |
2007-07-06 09:27:11 |