tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742475.post111429295298798496..comments2023-06-01T09:09:04.165-04:00Comments on CAMPVS MAWRTIVS: Ancient Quotation Marks?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742475.post-33643849069857075512007-11-06T23:14:00.000-05:002007-11-06T23:14:00.000-05:00I think this is something that would be done only ...I think this is something that would be done only on the scribe's part, not something original to the text. It's something I've read about in handbooks on Greek palaeography, but haven't seen.<BR/><BR/>(That's why I was careful to say that I have no idea about NT manuscripts in particular, but that quotation marks are definitely used.)<BR/><BR/>The manuscripts I'm familiar with are all poetic (principally Pindar and Nicander), and none contain quotations, unfortunately.<BR/><BR/>I think that ancient writers would made quotations explicit without the use of signs.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120834478904784011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742475.post-6986675212221193112007-11-06T20:13:00.000-05:002007-11-06T20:13:00.000-05:00Fascinating! Do you know of a manuscript which con...Fascinating! Do you know of a manuscript which contains this? Perhaps one of the earlier ones?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>ChrisChris Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748126680404823136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742475.post-50462242082277180982007-11-06T16:44:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:44:00.000-05:00Quotation marks absolutely do appear in some manus...Quotation marks absolutely do appear in some manuscripts. A variety of marginal notations were used including angle brackets. Whether or to what extent this would be true specifically of NT manuscripts I have no idea, but there is no reason to doubt that scribes indicated direct quotations where they perceived them.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120834478904784011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742475.post-33023730108858886282007-11-06T16:22:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:22:00.000-05:00I can't imagine a single place it had anything lik...I can't imagine a single place it had anything like quotation marks. Those are rather late inventions.<BR/><BR/>ChrisChris Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748126680404823136noreply@blogger.com