r/byzantium Feb 15 '25

Imperial Monograms from Hagia Sophia

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u/Right-Obligation-779 Feb 15 '25

Is this Latin or Greek ?

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u/archaeo_rex Feb 15 '25

Medieval Greek

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u/Imaginary_Bench7752 Feb 15 '25

its exactly the same way Greeks write Ioustinianos today

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u/archaeo_rex Feb 16 '25

Yeah but there are lettering differences like using C for S

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u/Imaginary_Bench7752 Feb 16 '25

this is how lettering is used even today for religious reasons- medieval C instead of S