[Biblical-languages] Unicode code points for NT text-crit symbols?

Peter Kirk peterkirk at qaya.org
Fri Sep 12 03:47:02 EDT 2003


On 11/09/2003 18:58, biblang at ntresources.com wrote:

> I think these are the correct Unicode code points for NT text-crit?
>
> U+2135, aleph (i.e., Siniaticus) 

Yes, when used as a symbol in left-to-right text. Use U+05D0 for Hebrew 
text.

>
> U+214C, Majority text symbol 

This one isn't in Unicode 4.0, it's an unspecified code point. Did this 
one come from someone's proposal? It doesn't seem to be in the TLG 
proposals, most of which were recently accepted. (See p.235 of 
http://www.tlg.uci.edu/TLGUnicode2.pdf, which is however misleading.)

But U+1D510 is suitable and is actually specified in Unicode 4.0 as "= 
New Testament majority text". Similarly U+1D516 is specified as "= 
Septuagint, Greek Old Testament". (This is all online at 
http://www.unicode.org/charts/.)

>
> U+1D513, papyri symbol 

Yes, if you want a capital. Or you could use U+1D52D for a small letter.

>
>
> But what about the double square brackets used, e.g., for the ending 
> of Mark in UBS/NA? Is there such a Unicode symbol? I've been searching 
> and haven't found one, though I would have expected such. 

Well, there are U+301A and U+301B. But I'm not sure if these should be 
used outside a CJK (far eastern) context. Or maybe it has simply been 
assumed that these are sequences of two brackets. It is surprising that 
there is no mention of these in http://www.tlg.uci.edu/TLGUnicode2.pdf. 
I would think that there is a good chance of these being accepted as new 
characters, as the usage is well established.

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> Rod Decker
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