A Survey of the Manuscripts
of some Ancient Authors
This page makes no pretence at being comprehensive. For some time now when I have looked at the works of some author of antiquity, I have been interested in how we got this text - how did it reach us, in what manuscripts does it exist, etc. This page holds some notes on this. It's really just a scrapbook. Let's hope someone does a real version soon.
GENERAL NOTES ON ANCIENT BOOKS
The Medinet Madi discover of 1929 -- 7 codices containing Manichean texts
The Tura/Toura discovery of 1941 -- 8 codices containing works by Origen and Didymus the Blind
The Gospel of Judas find: the story so far.
The discovery of the lost portion of Chrysostom's 2nd sermon against the Jews.
The CEDOPAL list of literary papyri found, by author
Articles
Bibliography
Those wanting details of Latin classics should consult L.D. Reynolds, "Texts & Transmissions: A survey of the Latin Classics", Oxford: Clarendon Press. There are also usually notes on the manuscripts of a writer in a text in the original language - Greek or Latin - such as the Loeb series.
N. G. WILSON, Scholars of Byzantium, London: Duckworth (1983). Checked. Excellent on the transmission of texts in the Greek empire.
Constructive feedback is welcomed to Roger Pearse.
Written 24th May 2002.
This page has been online since 24th May 2002.
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