A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I.Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I.
Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
_Phi_ is a remarkable letter. In most copies it is the largest in
the alphabet, quite disproportionately large in Codd. ZL (Paris
62) and others, and to some extent in Codd. AR, Ephraemi,
Rossanensis, and Claromont. The circle (which in the Cotton
Genesis is _sometimes_ still a lozenge, see above, p. 32, note 1),
though large and in some copies even too broad (e.g. No. 18), is
usually in the line of the other letters, the vertical line being
produced _far_ upwards (Cod. Augiens. and Nos. 16, 41), or
downwards (No. 10), or both (No. 36). On the Rosetta stone the
circle is very small and the straight line short.
_Chi_ is a simple transverse cross (Χ) and never goes above or
below the line. The limb that inclines from left to right is in
the uncial form for the most part thick, the other thin (with
final points according to the practice stated for _epsilon_), and
this limb or both (as in Cod. Z) a little curved.
_Psi_ is a rare but trying letter. Its oldest form resembled an
English V with a straight line running up bisecting its interior
angle. On the Rosetta stone it had already changed into its
present form (Ψ), the curve being a small semicircle, the vertical
rising above the other letters and falling a little below the
line. In the Cotton Genesis _psi_ is rather taller than the rest,
but the vertical line does not rise above the level of the circle.
In Codd. ANR and Rossanensis the under line is prolonged: in R the
two limbs are straight lines making an angle of about 45° with the
vertical, while oftentimes in Hyperides and Cod. Augiensis
(Scrivener’s _photograph_, ll. 18, 23) they curve _downwards_; the
limbs in N and R being strongly (slightly in Rossanensis) pointed
at the ends, and the bottom of the vertical bevelled as usual. In
Cod. B of the Apocalypse, in Evan. OWdΞ, and even in Hyperides,
the limbs (strongly pointed) fall into a straight line, and the
figure becomes a large cross (No. 7). In Evan. 66 the vertical is
crossed above the semicircle by a minute horizontal line.
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