Carmen ad Senatorem quendam
Another little poem from the dying days of paganism is the Carmen ad senatorem quendam. This turns up on old editions of Cyprian, and sometimes Tertullian, but its author is in fact unknown. Long ago...
View ArticleA quotation from Seneca the Elder
Portions of this post are written under the UK government legislation controlling criticism of homosexuality I came across this appalling quotation recently while looking for legal materials online,...
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Very busy this week with work-related stuff; too much so, to do anything useful! The fragments of Philip of Side are coming along nicely. The translator is doing his usual excellent job and ferreting...
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Alphabetum – a more “Bohairic” coptic font? Plus notes on Coptic
I’ve had complaints from my translator that the Keft unicode font for Coptic isn’t that “Bohairic” in appearance. Well, I could pass a Bohairic book in the street and not recognise one! But I do...
View ArticleMore on the Alphabetum font
My copy of the alphabetum font has arrived. Unfortunately the email that supplied it added some extra conditions on use, not disclosed at time of purchase. I bought the license that allows use in...
View ArticleMore on Coptic unicode fonts
A few minutes ago I wrote about Alphabetum, the commercial Coptic font which uses the Bohairic typeface, and the way in which this limited people working with Coptic. This led me to think about the...
View ArticleSympathy for Hercules
An Augean day today. I’ve received an A4 envelope containing a print-off of the translation of the 18 Coptic fragments of Eusebius Gospel Problems and Solutions (Quaestiones ad Stephanum et Marinum)...
View ArticleNotes on unicode editing in Coptic
Here’s a couple of notes on how I’m editing unicode Coptic in Microsoft Word 2007. I’m using Wazu Japan’s Comprehensive Unicode Test Page for Coptic a lot. This allows me to identify characters and...
View ArticleHave asked Hercules to consider doing a swap
I’ve asked Hercules if he’d consider allowed me to clean the Augean stables, in return for cleaning up the word document containing the Coptic fragments of Eusebius Quaestiones. At least, I would have...
View ArticleMore on the Alphabetum font
An email this morning from Juan-Jose Marcos, the developer of the Alphabetum font. It seems that he keeps the font under development, for the email announces an upgrade. Unicode 5.2 includes a couple...
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