From: John Hudson ([email protected])
Date: Wed May 09 2007 - 22:24:02 CDT
Michael Everson wrote:
>> I'm preparing a proposal for the staurogram, an early Christian symbol
>> based on a combination of the Greek letters tau-rho, referencing the
>> crucifixion, which precedes the better known and already encoded
>> chi-rho monogram for Christ. I've had a request for this from Biblical
>> scholars dealing with early Christian texts in which it occurs.
> Similar characters are already encoded in the Coptic block.
So I see, but since this set introduces a specifically Coptic chi-rho symbol as distinct
from the Miscellaneous Symbol CHI RHO U+2627, I don't think there should be any problem
encoding the staurogram as a symbol, especially as the typical evolved form is more
pictographic than alphabetic.
John Hudson
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