Comfort & Barrett's Symbology

M. David Johnson

I’ve come across a couple of symbols in Comfort & Barrett’s The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001) which don’t appear to be identified in its List of Abbreviations (or in any of its other headend material).

For example:

In p72 at Jude 1:3, I find “«πειστι»c”. I understand that the “«…»” indicates a scribal erasure, but what does the “c” at the end indicate?

Similarly, at Jude 1:4, I find “«νομον»f”. What does the final “f” indicate?

NB.Mick

In p72 at Jude 1:3, I find “«πειστι»c”. I understand that the “«…»” indicates a scribal erasure, but what does the “c” at the end indicate?

Similarly, at Jude 1:4, I find “«νομον»f”. What does the final “f” indicate?

a, b, c etc are just footnote markers, that appear in the text behind words and contain clarifying remarks and such, and just by chance this includes words in french brackets here. If you hover over the c or the f, it will show the footnote (the c e.g. says "πειστι was deleted by a line through the letters.", the f reads "νομον was deleted." )