![]() ![]() When a streight Line was drawn above the A, it signified 5000. Possidet A numeros quingentos ordine recto. There are some ancient Verses related by Baronius and others, which describe the Letters signifying Numbers, whereof this is the first, This Letter A was also used by the Ancients as a numeral Letter which signified 500, as may be seen in Valerius Probus. When it occurs after the word Miles, it denotes that he was Young, as Isidore affirms. When it is doubled it denotes Augusti: and when it is tripled it signifies Auro, Argento, Aere. This Letter A does often signifie an intire Word in the ancient Marbles, A. The Antients distinguished exactly in their Pronunciation when this Syllable or Letter A was long, and in their Writing they did often repeat this Vowel, to signifie that it was a long Syllable which Usage, as Quintilian testifies, continued till the time of Attius: sometimes they inserted the Letter h between the double a, to render the Pronunciation more vehement, as in Ahala for Ala, or Aala, and sometimes by striking out the first a, they made it Hala: But afterwards, for shortness sake, they only drew a small Line at the top of the Vowel, to shew that it was long, thus ā. When this Letter makes a whole Syllable the Children call it A by it self A. It is often used to express the Passions of our Mind, as in case of Admiration, Joy or Grief, and to render the Expression more vehement, we sometimes pre∣fix or subjoin the Letter h to it, and say ha or ah. ![]() Of all the Vowels it is the most open and simple, and that which is most easily pronounced, being the first articu∣late Sound which Nature puts forth at the cry∣ing or smiling of Infants. The Hebrews call it Aleph, and the Greeks Al∣pha, but our Nation as the Latins, call it simply A. ![]() Sometimes we even publish articles with which we totally disagree, since we believe it is important for our readers to be informed on as wide a spectrum of views as possible.Is the first Letter of the Alphabet in all Langua∣ges. Our policy is to publish anything which we consider of interest, so as to assist our readers in forming their opinions. We remind our readers that publication of articles on our site does not mean that we agree with what is written. In Christ, Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans (Rome undefeated, eternal Rome, Rome capital of the world) Roma invicta, Roma aeterna, Roma caput mundi (To him who defeated great kings, Aleluiah!) Also the Latin pronunciation is all over the place, I think I just wasn’t focused enough on that day, so some phrases retain Classical Pronunciation and others use Ecclesiastical. I later remembered that this pronunciation was already extinct by the 3rd century A.D, so keep that anachronism in mind, it’s not accurate to any Byzantine era. A pretty major anachronistic mistake I made however is in the phrase: ἐν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, πιστός βασιλεὺς καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ Ῥωμαῖων (en Christó tó Theó, pistós vasilèfs kaí aftokrátor Romaíon)–I’ve been delving a little too long into Classical Greek literature and pronunciation, and so my natural reflex was to pronounce “Romaíon” as it “Romayion,” which is how it was pronounced in the Classical era of Socrates and Pericles. I don’t claim any authenticity with this piece beyond a very general Greek and Byzantine “vibe,” nothing more.įor the pronunciation, I tried doing some research to reproduce the pronunciation of very Late Antiquity to Early Byzantine times–the “x” sound in “pataxadi” would have likely been a mix of “kz” instead of “ks”, and the “ντ” cluster would have been pronounced literally as it is written, as a combination of “n” and “t” pronounced together instead of the modern hard “d” sound that you get in Modern Greek I won’t vouch for the utter certainty of that claim though, I might have been wrong. Please take note that this isn’t actual Byzantine music, nor does it seek to be–it’s modern “Epic” music which mixes a “film soundtrack” style with Modern Greek musical language to produce an image of Byzantine civilisation, not a reconstructive work. They were founded in the 9th century and ended in the 11th. The Hikanatoi were an elite section of the Byzantine army based near Constantinople. ![]()
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