Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Ancient Palindromes

I thought this very cool: Byzantine Greeks often inscribed the palindrome "Wash the sins, not face alone" on baptismal fonts.

Medieval Greek: ΝΙΨΟΝΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑΜΗΜΟΝΑΝΟΨΙΝ
Modern: Νίψον ανομήματα μη μόναν όψιν
Nipson anomēmata mē monan opsin

(note: ps is the single Greek letter psi (Ψ))

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