SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS

A = Paris Manuscript, Greek Supplement 255

B = Vatican Manuscript 126

C = Laurentian Manuscript 69, 2

E = Palatine Manuscript 252

F = Munich Manuscript 430

G = Munich Manuscript 228

M = British Manuscript 11,727

A¹ B¹ etc. = text corrected by the original scribe Latin: a prima manu, meaning 'by the first hand'.

a b etc. = text substituted or added by a more recent hand

[A] [B] etc. = words originally written in the manuscript that are today either faded or worn away

γρ. = a reading added with the sign γρ. original: γράφεται (graphētai), meaning 'it is written' or 'there is a variant'. This indicates a marginal note where a scribe suggests an alternative reading from another source.

codd. = the agreement of manuscripts A, B, C, E, F, G, and M Latin: consensus codicum.

recc. = one or more manuscripts from a more recent era Latin: recentiores.

vulgo = the reading commonly found in printed editions Latin: vulgata, referring to the 'vulgate' or standard text used before modern critical editions.