Ted Hopp wrote on 07/08/2003 11:26:14 AM: > Also, there are missing letters and there are missing letters. There are > cases of a single text (e.g., Holzhausen Bible of 1889, Lowe and Brydone > Bible of 1948, as documented by Yannis Haralambous) where the "missing > letters" in some words are simply not present in the representation and the > vowels are placed on the consonants that do appear...
I have intended for a while to propose a character ELLIPTIC LETTER for such situations, which occur for Hebrew but may also occur in other paleographic studies. I think this is the best approach to that, but just haven't had a chance yet to write the proposal. - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485
