The Sideways I ꟷ is an epigraphic variant of Latin capital letter I used in early medieval Celtic inscriptions from Wales and southwest England ( Cornwall and Devon). About 36 monumental inscriptions in Wales, and about 15 in Cornwall and Devon, mostly dating from the 5th-6th centuries, make use of this letter. Except for a single inscription from the Isle of Man, it is not found in monumental inscriptions elsewhere. The letter is used exclusively in a word-final position for Latin words (or Latinized Celtic names) in the second declension genitive singular. [1]
Encoding
The character was proposed for encoding in the Unicode standard in 2011. [2] It has since been encoded at code point U+A7F7 ꟷ LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER SIDEWAYS I in Unicode 7.0. [3]
References
- ^ Nash-Williams, V. E. (1950). The Early Christian Monuments of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780708300329.
- ^ Everson, Michael (8 February 2012). "Proposal for the addition of five Latin characters to the UCS (N4030R2 & L2/12-082)" (PDF). Unicode Consortium.
- ^ "The Unicode Standard, Version 7.0; Latin Extended-D, Range: A720–A7FF" (PDF). Unicode Consortium.