Notes On Abbreviations In Greek Manuscripts With Facsimiles Etc

Author : T. W. Allen
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ISBN 13 : 9781330816769
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Notes on Abbreviations in Greek Manuscripts (Classic Reprint) written by T. W. Allen and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on Abbreviations in Greek Manuscripts A sentence that occurs in the late Charles Graux' review of Lehmann's Die tachygraphischen Abkurzungen will explain the purpose of this pamphlet. He says, 'il est absolument indispensable que beaucoup d'observations exactes soient dabord publiees avant que, a l'exemple du naturaliste qui dresse comparativement un tableau de la faune ou de la flore des divers regions du globe, les paleographes puissent un jour etablir l'etat des abreviations usitees dans le monde byzantin de siecle en siecle.' The science of Greek Palaeography, or at least that portion of it which deals with contractions, has reached a point at which what is necessary for its progress is not the production of all-inclusive handbooks with an immediate practical aim, where conclusions are laid down with all possible definiteness and width, but rather a series of observations of the actual usage of manuscripts, noted with all available accuracy by investigators whose occupations have given them familiarity with the ways of scribes and the possibilities of Greek writing. Such observations indeed must be classified and brought into relations with one another, and hypotheses may be suggested to explain the facts observed; but, as with any other yet undeveloped science, the first and main object must be the collection of fresh evidence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."