JTC1/SC2/WG2 N2612-1
L2/03-074 R2
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2
PROPOSAL SUMMARY FORM TO ACCOMPANY SUBMISSIONSFOR ADDITIONS TO THE REPERTOIRE OF ISO/IEC 106461
Please fill all the sections A, B and C below.
(Please read Principles and Procedures Document for guidelines and details before filling this form.)
See http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/summaryform.html for latest Form.
See http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/principles.html for latest Principles and Procedures document.
See http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/roadmaps.html for latest roadmaps.

A. Administrative

Proposal to encode New Testament editorial characters in the UCS
1. Title:
2. Requester's name: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Project (University of California, Irvine) and UTC
3. Requester type (Member body/Liaison/Individual contribution):
Expert Contribution
4. Submission date:2003-06-11
5. Requester's reference (if applicable):
6. This is a complete proposal:
B. Technical - General
1. (Choose one of the following:)
a. This proposal is for a new script (set of characters):______________Proposed name of script:.
b. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing block:Yes
Name of the existing block:
Supplemental Punctuation (2E00-2E0C)
2. Number of characters in proposal:
13
3. Proposed category (see section II, Character Categories):
Category B.1
4. Proposed Level of Implementation (1, 2 or 3) (see clause 14, ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000):
Level 1Is a rationale provided for the choice?
If Yes, reference:
5. Is a repertoire including character names provided?
Yesa. If YES, are the names in accordance with the 'character naming guidelines
in Annex L of ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000?
Yes
b. Are the character shapes attached in a legible form suitable for review?
Yes
6. Who will provide the appropriate computerized font (ordered preference: True Type, or PostScript format) for
publishing the standard?
David Perry and TLG Project (True Type)If available now, identify source(s) for the font (include address, e-mail, ftp-site, etc.) and indicate the tools
used:
TLG Project, mcpantel@uci.edu
a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts etc.) provided? Yes
b. Are published examples of use (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources)of proposed characters attached?
Yes
8. Special encoding issues:
Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing (if applicable) such as input, presentation, sorting,searching, indexing, transliteration etc. (if yes please enclose information)?
No
9. Additional Information:
The properties for these characters are Po, Ps or Pe. See proposal for details
Submitters are invited to provide any additional information about Properties of the proposed Character(s) or Script that will assist incorrect understanding of and correct linguistic processing of the proposed character(s) or script. Examples of such properties are:Casing information, Numeric information, Currency information, Display behaviour information such as line breaks, widths etc.,
Combining behaviour, Spacing behaviour, Directional behaviour, Default Collation behaviour, relevance in Mark Up contexts,
Compatibility equivalence and other Unicode normalization related information. See the Unicode standard at
http://www.unicode.org for such information on other scripts. Also see
http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html and associated Unicode Technical Reports forinformation needed for consideration by the Unicode Technical Committee for inclusion in the Unicode Standard.

1Form number: N2352-F (Original 1994-10-14; Revised 1995-01, 1995-04, 1996-04, 1996-08, 1999-03, 2001-05, 2001-09)-1-C. Technical - Justification
1. Has this proposal for addition of character(s) been submitted before?
NoIf YES explain _________________________________________________________________________
2. Has contact been made to members of the user community (for example: National Body, user groups of the script or characters,other experts, etc.)?
Yes
If YES, with whom?

The TLG has been in contact with experts in the field of Biblical Studies. We have consulted withmembers of the Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung at the University of Münster, Westfalia,Germany, especially, Luc Herren, Editor of the forthcoming digital version of the Nestle-Aland editionof the New Testament and Dr. Klaus Wachtel. The proposal has also been reviewed by Dr. JamesAdair, General Editor of TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, and Dr. Tim Feeney, organizer of
the Greek New Testament Project.
3. Information on the user community for the proposed characters (for example: size, demographics, information technology use, orpublishing use) is included?

Scholarly community and readers of the Greek text of the New Testament.
4. The context of use for the proposed characters (type of use; common or rare) :Characters are used in the Nestle-Aland edition and critical apparatus of the New Testamentand other secondary sources about it or derived from it.
5. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community?
Yes
If YES, where?

Characters are present in the Nestle-Aland (UBS) edition and used extensively by scholars in the field. A
new digital version of the Nestle-Aland edition is currently under preparation. General references
provided in attached bibliography.
6. After giving due considerations to the principles in Principles and Procedures document (a WG 2 standingdocument) must the proposed characters be entirely in the BMP?
Yes
If YES, is a rationale provided?
Accordance with the Roadmap
7. Should the proposed characters be kept together in a contiguous range (rather than being scattered)?
Yes
8. Can any of the proposed characters be considered a presentation form of an existing
character or character sequence?
No
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
______________
If YES, reference: ________________________________________________________
9. Can any of the proposed characters be encoded using a composed character sequence of either
existing characters or other proposed characters?
No
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
______________
If YES, reference:______________
10. Can any of the proposed character(s) be considered to be similar (in appearanceor function) to an existing character?
Yes
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?

Left Omission Bracket is similar to <superscript> 25A1 which has different properties.
Upper-Half Right Angle Substitution Marker is similar but not identical to <superscript> 231C and<superscript> 250C.
11. Does the proposal include use of combining characters and/or use of composite sequences(see clauses 4.12 and 4.14 in ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000)?
No
If YES, is a rationale for such use provided?
If YES, reference: _______________________________________________________Is a list of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images (graphic symbols)
provided?
______________
If YES, reference: _______________________________________________________
12. Does the proposal contain characters with any special properties such as
control function or similar semantics?
No
If YES, describe in detail (include attachment if necessary)______________
13. Does the proposal contain any Ideographic compatibility character(s)?
No
If YES, is the equivalent corresponding unified ideographic character(s) identified? ____________
If YES, reference: ________________________________________________________-2-

Proposal
The Greek text of the New Testament exists in a large number of manuscripts with many textualvariants. The most widely used critical edition of the New Testament is the Nestle-Aland edition
published by the United Bible Societies (UBS), currently in its 27th revised edition. In order torepresent and discuss the various textual variants in the New Testament, Nestle introduced a set of
editorial characters.2
A digital version of the Nestle-Aland edition which makes use of these symbols is currently underpreparation by the Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung at the University of Münster,Germany. In addition, these editorial characters are regularly used in a number of journals andother publications3 and have, thus, become the recognized method of annotating the NewTestament. LaserGreek, one of the most popular and widely used set of Greek fonts (distributed byLinguists Software) already includes these sigla in its repertoire.
The thirteen characters included in this proposal are not currently encoded in the Unicode Standard.
Bibliography
Aland, K. et al. (eds.), Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th edn. (Stuttgart: DeutscheBibelgesellschaft, 1993)
Aland, K., Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum, 15th ed. (Stuttgart, 1997)
Aland, K. and Aland, B., The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions
and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, 2nd ed. (Leiden: Brill, 1989),
David M., and Van Groningen B.A., Papyrological Primer, 4th ed. (Leiden: Brill, 1965).

2Nestle, Nestle, Aland (1993) 49*

3E.g. New Testament Studies, Journal of Biblical Literature, Novum Testamentum, etc.
-3-Modern New Testament Editorial Characters
Table of Characters Proposed
For illustrations and documentation, see: http://www.tlg.uci.edu/Uni.prop.html

NumberCharacter Name
Modern New Testament Editorial Sigla
123456789101112*
13*Unicode

Right Angle
Substitution Marker

Properties

CommentPo

Similar to <superscript>
231C and <superscript>
250C

Right Angle Dotted
Substitution Marker
Left Substitution
BracketRight Substitution
BracketLeft Dotted
Substitution Bracket
Right Dotted
Substitution Bracket
Raised Interpolation
MarkerPo

Raised DottedInterpolation Marker

Po

Dotted Transposition
MarkerLeft Transposition
BracketRight Transposition
Bracket

PoPs
PePs
Pe
Po

Ps
Pe
Po

Raised Square
Raised Small Diagonal
Upper Left to Lower
Right

Similar to <superscript>
25A1

Po

These characters do not have bidirectional properties*Characters 12 and 13 are conventionally used as bracket, with the Raised Square marking the start ofa passage of omitted text and the Raised Small Diagonal Upper Left to Lower Right marking its end.

-4-TABLE 2E00-2E0C: SUPPLEMENTAL PUNCTUATION
2EO

0123456789A

BC-5-TABLE 2E00-2E0C: SUPPLEMENTAL PUNCTUATION
hex
2E00
2E01
2E02
2E03
2E04
2E05
2E06
2E07
2E08
2E09
2E0A
2E0B
2E0C

Name
RIGHT ANGLE SUBSTITUTION MARKER
RIGHT ANGLE DOTTED SUBSTITUTION MARKERLEFT SUBSTITUTION BRACKET
RIGHT SUBSTITUTION BRACKETLEFT DOTTED SUBSTITUTION BRACKET
RIGHT DOTTED SUBSTITUTION BRACKETRAISED INTERPOLATION MARKER
RAISED DOTTED INTERPOLATION MARKER
DOTTED TRANSPOSITION MARKER
LEFT TRANSPOSITION BRACKET
RIGHT TRANSPOSITION BRACKETRAISED SQUARERAISED SMALL DIAGONAL UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT-6-

1. Right Angle Substitution MarkerSign

Similar Unicode<superscript> 231C
<superscript> 250C
Definition and comments
This character is placed at the start of a single word when the word following is replaced by oneor more different words in some manuscripts (alternative readings given in the apparatuscriticus).
Example 1
Matthew 17.25

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 46

2. Right Angle Dotted Substitution MarkerSign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments:
This character is placed at the start of a single word where an alternative reading is given in theapparatus criticus. If there is a second alternative reading in one verse, this character is usedinstead of the Right Angle Substitution Marker (Character 1 above)
Example 1
Matthew 17.25

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 46-7-3. Left Substitution Bracket
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at the start of a sequence of words where an alternative reading is given in
the apparatus criticus.
Example 1
Matthew 23.30

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 64

4. Right Substitution Bracket
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at the end of a sequence of words where an alternative reading is given in
the apparatus criticus. This bracket is used together with the Left Substitution Bracket (Character3).
Example 1
Matthew 23.30

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 64-8-5. Dotted Left Substitution Bracket
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at the start of a sequence of words where an alternative reading is given in
the apparatus criticus. If there is a second alternative reading in one verse, this character is usedinstead of Left Substitution Bracket (Character 3).
Example 1
Luke 12.56

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 190

6. Dotted Right Substitution Bracket
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at the end of a sequence of words where an alternative reading is given in
the apparatus criticus. If there is a second alternative reading in one verse, this character is usedinstead of Right Substitution Bracket (Character 4).
Example 1
Luke 12.56.

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 190-9-7. Raised Interpolation MarkerSign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at a point in the text where another version has a longer text. The further
text is given in the apparatus criticus.
Example 1
Mathew 17.11

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 45

8. Raised Dotted Interpolation Marker
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at a point in the text where another version has a longer text. The further
text is given in the apparatus criticus. If there is a second piece of interpolated text in one verse,
this character is used instead of the Raised Interpolation Marker (Character 7).
Example 1
Matthew 17.26

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 46- 10 -

9. Dotted Transposition Marker
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at the start of a word or verse that has been transposed. The transpositionis explained in the apparatus criticus.
Example 1

Aland, K. et al. (eds.), Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th edn. (Stuttgart: Deutsche
Bibelgesellschaft, 1993) 73
10. Left Transposition Bracket
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at the start of a sequence of words when the words are preserved indifferent order in some manuscripts. The transposition is explained in the apparatus criticus.
Example 1
Matthew 23.36

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 64

11. Right Transposition Bracket
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is placed at the end of a sequence of words when the words are preserved indifferent order in some manuscripts. The transposition is explained in the apparatus criticus.

- 11 -Example 1
Matthew 23.36

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 64

12. Raised Square
Sign

Similar Unicode<superscript> 25A1
Definition and comments

This character is placed before a word to indicate that the following sequence of words is omitted
in some manuscripts. This bracket is used in conjunction with Raised Square (character 13)/
Example 1
See character 13 below

13. Raised Small Diagonal Upper Left to Lower Right
Sign

Similar Unicode

Definition and comments
This character is used in conjunction with the Raised Small Diagonal Upper Left to Lower Right(Character 12). The words between the two brackets are omitted in some manuscripts.
Example 1
Matthew 1.25

Nestle, E., Nestle, E. & Aland, K., Novum Testamentum Graece 25th edn. (London, 1963) 3- 12 -