Re: OT: Excerpt from _The Lost Gutenberg_
John Isles <[email protected]>
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Yes. ————————————————————————————————————— John Isles Hanover, Michigan On 3/22/19, 4:15 PM, "Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group on behalf of Ralph Hancock" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: The article states that the first initial capital in the Gutenberg Bible is an F, which seemed surprising as you would expect an I for _In principio_. But this is indeed the case, as the work begins with a letter from St Jerome to St Ambrosius, beginning _Frater Ambrosius_. See https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gutenbergdigital.de%2Fgudi%2Feframes%2F&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40LSV.UKY.EDU%7C880a4db8d523422ab43408d6af042270%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636888829652623926&sdata=L7pdpx%2FJVIC7nnyvsRCD6YEjh4Ko0rzA37lSjHyXx%2Fs%3D&reserved=0 RH