Verbum 9 Tip 9an: Guide section: Textual variants: Online manuscripts

MJ. Smith

Docx files for personal book: Verbum 9 part 1; Verbum 9 part 2; Verbum 9 part 3; Verbum 9 part 4; Verbum 9 part 5; Verbum 9 part 6; Verbum 9 part 7;  How to use the Verbum Lectionary and Missal; Verbum 8 tips 1-30; Verbum 8 tips 31-49

Reading lists: Catholic Bible Interpretation

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Online Manuscripts

This section applies only to the New Testament. A request has been made to extend its use to cover the entire canon. I suggest that it be used in parallel with Brannan, Rick, ed. New Testament Manuscript Explorer. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2015.

Prerequisite reading: (PDF) New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room: The Workspace for Collaborative Manuscript Study and Textual Editing (researchgate.net) may be of some help in  orienting oneself online

Resources included: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Contents

The primary data is the link to the Institute for New Testament Textual Research. The individual documents’ data is not directly documented. However, the data is included in the New Testament Manuscript Explorer where it is documented. Data included:

• Manuscript id (Gregory-Aland)
• Manuscript name
• Manuscript symbol in apparatuses
• Folio identification
• Transcription link if applicable
• Date
• Contents
• Columns
• Language

 

Documentation on data:

Interactions on data

 

Visual cue	Data element	Action	Response
Black text	Resource Id, resource title, resource symbol	any	None as no appropriate resource exists in the library
Blue text	Institute for New Testament Textual Research	Mouse over	Displays a tooltip informational message
		click	Opens a browser page to About - INTF (uni-muenster.de) (1)
	More	Click	Adds another block of data to the content of the guide.
	Resource Id, resource title, resource symbol	Mouse over	Opens a standard popup preview of the manuscript – cover and description. (2)
		Click	Opens manuscript resource to the passage specified for the guide.
		Right click	Opens a Context Menu
		Drag and drop	Opens manuscript resource to the passage specified for the guide at the location of the user’s choice.
	Transcription, page number	Mouse over	none
		Click	Opens the transcription of the manuscript that is present in the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room. (3)
		Right click	Opens a Context Menu
		Drag and drop	Can drag and drop location to shortcut bar or favorites.
Manuscript thumbnail	Manuscript thumbnail	Mouse over	Shows a tool tip of page number.
		Click	Opens the manuscript on the appropriate site, often that of the holding institutione. (4)

(1) Institute for New Testament Textual Research

(2) Resource preview

 

(3) Transcription in New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

(4) Manuscript image

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Supplemental materials

In addition to the New Testament Manuscript Explorer, the various linked websites supplement Verbum. See Video Help - VMR - INTF (uni-muenster.de) for six videos introducing you to some of the tools.