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English: In the 1st century, side by side with the more usual form, there appears a modification of it, somewhat resembling the contemporary upsilon, consisting of a shallow horizontal curve with a vertical limb slightly turned in at the foot. Its development from the original Η is evident: the first vertical limb is slurred, and survives only in the beginning of the
horizontal curve, while the cross-bar and the second vertical are combined in the rest of the letter. This form was in general use from the middle of the 1st to the middle of the 2nd century, becoming less common after about A.D. 160, and practically disappearing about A.D. 200. |
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| Date | published 1911 | |||
| Source | “Palaeography,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 20, 1911, p. 560. | |||
| Author | Unknown author | |||
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