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English translation: majuscule

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Greek term or phrase:	μεγαλογράμματη γραφή
English translation:	majuscule
Entered by:	Penny Papadopoulou

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13:18 Jul 26, 2007

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Art/Literary - Archaeology

Greek term or phrase: μεγαλογράμματη γραφή

[διασώζεται] "και μια επιγραφή, σε μεγαλογράμματη γραφή από τους ψαλμούς του Δαβίδ. "
Τη βρήκα και ως "κεφαλαιογράμματη" και υποψιάζομαι ότι ίσως είναι "uppercase" αλλά αν καποιος γνωρίζει κάτι περισσότερο....

Maria Papagiani KudoZ activity Questions: 15 (none open) Answers: 2
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majuscule

Explanation:
Σε όλη την αρχαιότητα, το αλφάβητο περιλάμβανε μόνο τις μορφές των γραμμάτων που σήμερα τις λέμε κεφαλαία. Είναι η λεγόμενη μεγαλογράμματη γραφή.

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http://www.bib-arch.org/deadseascrolls/bswbDSSSubPage.asp?Pu...

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Penny Papadopoulou
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:36

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million thanks!
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4 +5	majuscule	Penny Papadopoulou
2 +1	uncial?	hirselina

Discussion entries: 2

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peer agreement (net): +1

uncial?

Explanation:
Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. From the 8th century to the 13th century the script ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncial -

hirselina
Local time: 11:36

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Asker: ευχαριστώ πολύ!

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

majuscule

Penny Papadopoulou
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:36
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million thanks!

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agree

Vicky Papaprodromou: http://www.google.com/search?hl=el&lr=&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGR225GR...

11 mins

-> Μπράβο βρε Βίκυ! Κάτι τέτοιο έψαχνα να προσθέσω!

agree

Andras Mohay

24 mins

-> Ευχαριστώ πολύ Αντράς!

agree

Angeliki Papadopoulou: Καλησπέρα Πέννυ, ο σύνδεσμος που δίνεις αναφέρει "biblical majuscule". Μήπως έχει σημασία αυτό;

34 mins

-> Ευχαριστώ πολύ Αγγελική! Το 'biblical majuscule' είναι 'υποκατηγορία'. Στην παρένθεση που ακολουθεί εξηγεί τη σημασία της λέξης 'majuscule'.

agree

Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi: Clap, clap, clap!!!

2 hrs

-> Φχαριστώ πολύ! Θα γίνω αρχαιολόγος όταν μεγαλώσω!!!

agree

Nick Lingris: Some background re uncial vs majuscule: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3817/is_200612/ai_n1...

3 hrs

-> Ευχαριστώ πολύ! Πολύ ενδιαφέρον!

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Changes made by editors

Jul 26, 2007 - Changes made by Penny Papadopoulou:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Jul 26, 2007 - Changes made by Elena Petelos:
Language pair	English to Greek => Greek to English

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