medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, February 28, 2005, at 7:48 am, chris crockett wrote:
> but, in the original documents the first "s" of "Goslinus" is
> written with the
> non-final "s" form (what is that called, technically?) which looks
> a lot like
> an "f" without the cross member, or an "l".
It's called "tall 's'" (or "long 's'"). The other one is usually
called "round 's'". Because in some scripts one or the other can be
found in any position (beginning, middle, or end -- but not lotus),
people tend to avoid calling them "initial/medial 's'"
and "terminal 's'" (or "final 's'"), even though most of the time (in
book hands, at least), that's how they're used.
For Greek, however, where the corresponding letter forms are
differently shaped but where their differentiation in use is similar to
that found in the most commonly occurring Latin book hands, the
designations "initial/medial sigma" and "terminal sigma" are standard.
Best,
John Dillon
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