Euthymius Zigabenus' Commentary on the Epistles is contained in 8 different manuscripts around the world, but there appears to be a 9th manuscript that contains some of that commentary as well. (NOTE: There are errors in this post that came about from my misunderstanding of certain things. See this post where I explain and correct…
A Simple Introduction to Manuscripts
My idea for this post is to create a reference for people who know nothing about manuscripts to be able to learn some of the basic points that are needed in order to understand the work that I've begun for the Critical Edition of Euthymius Zigabenus' Commentary on the Epistles. What is a Manuscript The…
Creating Indices for the Manuscripts
Euthymius Zigabenus' Commentary on the Epistles exists in 8 manuscripts, for which I want to eventually create a complete critical edition. But besides making that critical edition, one thing that I need to do is to create an index (or a table of contents, if you will) of each manuscript, to be able to know…