Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Principles of Textual Criticism: With a List of All the Known Greek Uncials, and a Table Representing Graphically the Parts of the Text of the New Test Contained in Each
For a long period after the Elzevirs their text continued to be reprinted without change, but materials for an improve ment were constantly and laboriously accumulated. Walton's Polyglot, in 1657, still retained the same text, but added a valuable Apparatus Criticus. Sixteen fresh mss. Were collated for it under the direction of Archbishop Usher, and a few more by other persons. Several important versions were printed in parallel columns with the Greek text, and the pro legomena were a valuable aid in critical study. Bishop Fell, of Oxford, in an edition twenty years later, continued the work of collating mss. And Mill, in 1707, completed his work of thirty years, reproducing, indeed, the text of Stephens, but accompanied with thirty thousand various readings, compiled from a still more extensive examination of ms, large citations from the Fathers, and a comparison of the principal Oriental versions. Subsequently, Bentley made large preparations for a critical edition, which was never published but his collection of materials was of use to those who were to follow him.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
