This page provides images of ancient Greek manuscripts and information about thier production. It also offers access to other web sites that provide similar information. Some of these other sites also contain machine readable forms of certain manuscripts. Biblical Manuscripts Project (Emory University) The Biblical Manuscripts Project
has begun to make available through the Internet high quality images
and transcriptions of manuscripts as well as early printed editions of
the biblical text. Here are two valuable manuscripts with excellent
images on their site:
The Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies (Ohio State University) The Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at Ohio State University is the only comprehensive research facility for the study of Greek and Latin inscriptions and manuscripts in the United States. Chester Beatty Papyri Image Gallery As of March 29, 2004, this image Gallery contains only two images of Greek manuscripts, but the gallery promises to expand significantly in the months ahead through the sponsorship of the Eastman Kodak Company. Dating the Oldest New Testament Manuscripts by Peter van Minnen Peter van Minnen provides a little history and a discussion of methods used for dating New Testament manuscripts. Digital Nestle-Aland Prototype The Digital Nestle-Aland is the electronic form of the standard scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament. The prototype available here includes the First Letter of John with transcripts of 23 manuscripts and an new apparatus. Search the Duke Papyrus Archive, a repository of papyrii covering a wide range of topics and time periods. A site inspired by the Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism While this site is not affiliated with the Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism, Rich Elliott has been inspired by that project and has done an admirable job of compiling a wealth of information about a wide range of biblical manuscripts. Griechische Papyri der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung While this site with images of the Greek Papyri of the Heidelberg Collection is in German, English speakers can still benefit greatly from the excellent photographs of the papyri. Timothy Seid's Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts site. A wonderful site with images of significant manuscripts, discussions of textual criticism, and much more Most
of the manuscripts at this site (with complete images!) are not Greek,
but some are. The site allows you to leaf through the pages of the
available manuscripts. New Testament Manuscripts Listed by Date David Robert Palmer Has provided a useful listing of New Testament manuscipts much like the one found at the back of the UBS Greek New Testament, but with a number of added features, including links to images of the manuscripts. Oxyrhnchus
Papyri Site This site dedicated
to the archaeological work at Oxyrhnchus contains photographs of the
manuscrupts found there.
The University of
Oxford houses websites for both the Oxyrhnchus excavations and the work
at Herculaneum, both of which include high quality images of the
papyrii found at those sites.
The Papyrus Egerton 2 Homepage Dedicated to a single manuscript, this site provides images and descriptions of the fragmentary codex of an otherwise unknown gospel. Perseus Papyrus Resources (DDBDP) The Perseus Project hosts the www version of the Duke Data Back of Documentary Papyri, an electronic edition of nearly 500 papyrus volumes. The Tebtunis Papyri Collection and the Advanced Papyrological Information System These pages contain information about the Tebtunis Papyri, the papyrus documents that were found in the winter of 1899/1900 at the site of ancient Tebtunis, Egypt. The site contains images of many of these manuscripts. Other resources for studying Ancient Greek and Linguistics are available through the Greek Language & Linguistics Gateway. |
