The Long S
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The Long S
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#2I bought a 1st edition KJV (1611 reproduction) that had these all throughout. I couldn't make it past the introduction by the 'tranflators'
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#3Read the preface to the 1st edition of this thing, and prepare for your mind to be blown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douay%E2%80%93Rheims_Bible
Keep clicking "next" on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1609_Doway_Old_Testament....
In summary, they (the authors of Douay-Rheims) based their bible translation on Jerome's 4th century Latin translation because they believed that the extant Greek and Hebrew versions had been corrupted by "Iewes and Heretikes".
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#4I bought a 1st edition KJV (1611 reproduction) that had these all throughout. I couldn't make it past the introduction by the 'tranflators'
“tranſlators”
Re: The Long S
#5Read the preface to the 1st edition of this thing, and prepare for your mind to be blown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douay%E2%80%93Rheims_Bible Keep clicking "next" on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1609_Doway_Old_Testament.... In summary, they (the authors of Douay-Rheims) based their bible translation on Jerome's 4th century Latin translation because they believed that the extant Greek and Hebrew versi…
Not sure what am I looking for, but damn, the typography and typesetting of this 400 year old book is mind blowing.
Re: The Long S
#6Read the preface to the 1st edition of this thing, and prepare for your mind to be blown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douay%E2%80%93Rheims_Bible Keep clicking "next" on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1609_Doway_Old_Testament.... In summary, they (the authors of Douay-Rheims) based their bible translation on Jerome's 4th century Latin translation because they believed that the extant Greek and Hebrew versi…
Not sure what am I looking for, but damn, the typography and typesetting of this 400 year old book is mind blowing.
On page 3 the mix of double 'V's for 'W', 'u' for 'v', and 'V' for 'U' ('IESVS' at the top) is quite intriguing.
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#7I always wondered where the integral sign was coming from. This gives a very simple explanation: it's just the letter 's', the shorthand for sum!
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#8Came here to read the story of Esselunga ("esse lunga" means "long s" in italian) the first italian supermarket chain, but I'm not disappointed :P
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#9Fun fact from the German Wikipedia:
> The „ſ“ [...] is no violation of (modern German) orthography, since the new [...] spelling rules do not prescribe how they should be implemented allographically.
Groſsartig, but please don't, at least if you don't use 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰! :D
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#10The most preftigious letter.