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The multiocular O appears in only a single Old Church Slavonic phrase, “серафими мн҄оꙮ҄читїи҄” (many-eyed seraphim), in a single copy of Psalms from 1429. Why is it considered historically important enough for Unicode inclusion when it just looks like the result of an old monk adding artistic flair?

by /u/FriddyNanz in /r/AskHistorians

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