Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Palaeography

Contents......Page 8
PART ONE: GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY......Page 12
§2. THE BEGINNINGS OF PALAEOGRAPHY......Page 14
§3. MODERN TOOLS FOR PALAEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH......Page 15
§4. THE ORIGINS OF THE GREEK ALPHABET......Page 17
§5. GREEK NUMERALS......Page 18
§6. OFFSHOOTS OF THE GREEK ALPHABET......Page 21
§7. THE SOUNDS OF GREEK LETTERS......Page 22
§8. ACCENT, ORAL AND WRITTEN......Page 23
§9. THE MATERIALS OF ANCIENT BOOKS......Page 25
§10. THE FORMAT OF ANCIENT BOOKS......Page 26
§11. PEN, INK, AND OTHER WRITING MATERIALS......Page 28
§12. PALIMPSESTS......Page 29
§13. SCRIBES AND THEIR WORK......Page 31
§14. STYLES OF GREEK HANDWRITING......Page 33
§15. UNCIAL HANDWRITING......Page 35
§16. MINUSCULE HANDWRITING......Page 36
§17. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS......Page 40
§19. PUNCTUATION......Page 42
§20. THE TETRAGRAMMATON......Page 44
§21. Nomina Sacra......Page 47
§23. STICHOMETRY AND COLOMETRY......Page 49
§25. CHAPTER DIVISIONS AND HEADINGS......Page 51
§27. THE EUTHALIAN APPARATUS......Page 53
§29. LECTIONARY EQUIPMENT......Page 54
§31. MINIATURES......Page 55
§32. GLOSSES, LEXICA, ONOMASTICA, AND COMMENTARIES......Page 57
I. How to Estimate the Date of a Greek Manuscript......Page 60
II. How to Collate a Greek Manuscript......Page 63
III. Statistics Relating to the Manuscripts of the Greek New Testament......Page 65
PART TWO: PLATES AND DESCRIPTIONS......Page 68
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 152
II. Manuscripts Arranged According to their Sigla......Page 156
III. Manuscripts Arranged According to their Present Location......Page 157
D......Page 158
M......Page 159
S......Page 160
Z......Page 161
List of Figures......Page 19
List of Plates......Page 72