Although over 100 witnesses to the Greek text are transcribed at Munster's INTF, I thought I would supplement that list by reviewing additional manuscripts of Revelation that are available online, mostly through CSNTM. I am very thankful for the work of both groups, and I believe a lot of work remains to be done in terms of making use of the manuscripts we have.
By the way, according to J.K. Elliot, "Recent Work on the Greek Manuscripts of Revelation and the Consequences for the 'Kurzgefasste Liste'" in The Journal of Theological Studies, NEW SERIES, Vol. 66, No. 2 (OCTOBER 2015), pp. 574-584 (link), there are around 289 minuscule copies of Revelation, in addition to seven papyri and twelve majuscules. That means that there are just over 300 witnesses to at least part of Revelation. Unfortunately, many of those witnesses (especially the papyri) are incomplete witnesses.
A few observations. First, the (mistaken) correction in 2038 suggests that scribes were struggling with the grammar of the original text (i.e. the dominant reading). This reinforces the idea that the reason for the variants on this reading are probably due to the same kind of issue that prompted Valla, Erasmus, and Beza to conjecture.
Second, the majority text reading dominated. Nevertheless, the breakdown was a bit different from the INTF collation.
From the collation below, which is supplemental to the approximately 100 witnesses transcribed in INTF (see the appendix).
- Variant 1: Baseline Majority Reading: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος (+21 mss.)(about 30 in INTF)
- Variant 2: Add καὶ and omit article before ὅσιος: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος (+5 mss.)(about 6 in INTF)
- Variant 3: Add καὶ before ὁ ὅσιος: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος (+4 mss.)(about 13 in INTF)
- Variant 3-1: Add καὶ before ὁ ὅσιος and add something after εἶ: Δίκαιος εἶ (?) ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος (+ 1 ms)
- Variant 4: Wrong article before ἦν: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁς ἦν ὁ ὅσιος (+1 ms.)(about 3 in INTF)
- Variant 4-1: Wrong article before ἦν and no article before ὅσιος: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁς ἦν ὅσιος (+2 mss.)(about 20 in INTF)
- Variant 5: No article before ὅσιος: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὅσιος (+1 ms.)(about 17 in INTF)
- Variant 6: Something added after εἶ: Δίκαιος εἶ (?) ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος (+1 ms.)
- Other support for "ὅσιος" (+1 ms.)
- From Printed text (+2 ms.)
Third, I was unsurprised but disappointed not to find any manuscripts with "esomenos" in the main text. It would have been nice to vindicate those who claim that Beza had a manuscript.
Fourth, we cannot absolutely rule out that a manuscript exists with Beza's unique reading. There are at least two on-line manuscripts that are too late to be Beza's source, but might still have his reading. There are also two manuscripts at the British Library that are currently offline due to the efforts of hackers. There is one further manuscript that is offline due to the owner's request. Furthermore, there are at least some manuscripts that may not have been imaged and/or transcribed.
Fifth, we cannot absolutely rule out that a manuscript existed with Beza's unique reading. One of Stephanus' manuscripts of Revelation is currently identified as "lost," and might not be among the the extant manuscripts. A manuscript at Turin was badly damaged by a fire in 1904, and it appears that the portion including Revelation was destroyed. There may be other lost or destroyed manuscripts that were never accurately catalogued.
Sixth, it appears that Dresden has placed the images of several manuscripts online, which are still listed as "off-line" in CSNTM's data. Probably it would be a good time to update the data at CSNTM, if there are people to do that.
Seventh, sadly the tagging functionality of CSNTM's website seems to be broken. I would have loved to have provided numerous tags to their collection during my study, but I could not because that functionality is not working (at least not in Chrome).
I have grouped the variants in the manuscripts somewhat arbitrarily. Clearly, my preference is for the majority reading, which I think is the original reading.
Variant 1: Baseline Majority Reading: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος
1. Manuscript GA 2926 ("formerly 1894, is based in part on Erasmus's or the Aldine editions" according to J. K. Elliot)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
2. Manuscript GA 2091 ("Fifteenth century minuscule of Revelation with commentary on paper; 80 leaves, 1 column, 16 lines per column. Images were taken at the National Library of Greece in Athens." "Shelf Number: NLG 142 via CSNTM)
9r - Revelation 11:17b (witness to: ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅτι εἴληφας) - Rev. 11:18a (... τῶν νεκρῶν) || Revelation 18:b-c GA_2091_0009a.JPG
39v - Revelation 15:3-4a GA_2091_0039b.JPG
43v - Revelation 16:4-6 GA_2091_0043b.JPG
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
3. Manuscript GA 2025 ("Fifteenth century manuscript of Revelation on paper; 36 leaves, 1 column, 22 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm." per CSNTM)
(CSNTM Image Id: 609107 Location: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale CSNTM Image Name: GA_2025_0119.jpg left side)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
4. Manuscript GA 2821 ("Fourteenth century manuscript of Revelation on parchment; 22 leaves, 1 column, 27 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm." per CSNTM)
(CSNTM Image Id: 642344 Location: Cambridge, Cambridge University Library CSNTM Image Name: GA_2821_0015.jpg left side)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
5. Manuscript GA 2077 ("Seventeenth century manuscript (dated to 1685) of Revelation on paper; 319 leaves, 1 column, 21 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Athos, Iviron Monastery Shelf Number: 644" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
6. Manuscript GA 2656 ("Seventeenth century minuscule of the Gospels and Revelation dated to 1650; 317 leaves, 1 column, 19-20 lines per column. Images were taken at the National Library of Greece in Athens. Location: National Library of Greece, Athens
Shelf Number: 3110" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
7. Manuscript GA 2047 ("Sixteenth century manuscript (dated to 1543) of Revelation on paper; 161 leaves, 1 column, 21 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale Shelf Number: Gr. 240" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
8. Manuscript GA 2035 ("Sixteenth-century minuscule of Revelation with commentary on paper; 363 leaves; 1 column; 25 lines per column. For recent digital images, visit BML Online. Location: Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Shelf Number: Pluteo VII. 9" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
9. {First Hand} Manuscript GA 2038 ("Sixteenth century minuscule of Revelation with commentary on paper; 83 leaves; 1 column per page; 30 lines per column. These images are made available by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek according to Creative Commons. For recent digital images, visit Münchener Digitalisierungs Zentrum Digitale Bibliothek. Location: Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Shelf Number: Cod. graec. 23, fol. 333-415" per CSNTM)
(detail of main text)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
First Hand: ... (?) εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
Corrector: ... (?) εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
10. Manuscript GA 2082 (not available via CSNTM, which mistakenly says the images are not online "16th century" "Revelation minuscule manuscript on parchment; 21 leaves, single column, 26 lines per column. " per CSNTM- link to first page). The pages at SLUB are 342-381 (namely, [385] - 189v to [424] - 209r), and the relevant pages are: Revelation 4:8 [397] - 195v; Revelation 16:5 [413] -203v corresponding to 370 in the 342-381 enumeration.
11. Manuscript GA 517 ("Eleventh or twelfth century minuscule of the Gospels, Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation (complete New Testament) on parchment; 201 leaves, single column, 29-31 lines per column. The digital microfilm images were generously donated to CSNTM." per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
12. Manuscript GA 2434 ("Thirteenth century manuscript of Revelation on paper; 36 leaves, single column, 20 lines per column. Location: Zagora, Greece, Public Historical Library of Zagora Shelf Number: Zagora Historical Library 12" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
13. Manuscript GA 60 ("Thirteenth century minuscule dated to 1297 of the Gospels and Revelation on parchment; 291 leaves, single column, 24–26 lines per column. Location: University Library, Cambridge Shelf Number: Dd. 9.69" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
14. Manuscript GA 757 (well indexed) ("Thirteenth century minuscule of the Gospels, Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation on paper; 412 leaves, 1 column, 24-28 lines per column. Images were taken at the National Library of Greece in Athens. Location: National Library of Greece, Athens Shelf Number: NLG 150" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
15. Manuscript GA 2045 ("Fourteenth century manuscript of Revelation on paper; 83 leaves, 1 columns, 30 lines per column. The digital microfilm images were generously donated to CSNTM. Location: Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Shelf Number: Theol. gr. 163" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
16. Manuscript GA 2824 ("Fourteenth century minuscule of Revelation on parchment; 13 leaves, single column, 32 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. These images can be found at the Library of Congress. Location: Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate Shelf Number: Stavru 94" per CSNTM) Despite the CSNTM description, scan is of an entire New Testament.
(CSNTM Image Id: 478245 Location: Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate CSNTM Image Name: GA_2824_0253.JPG)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
17. Manuscript GA 1328 ("Fourteenth century minuscule of the Gospels and Revelation on parchment; 210 leaves, single column, 23-25 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. These images can be found at the Library of Congress. Location: Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate Shelf Number: Saba 101" per CSNTM)
(CSNTM Image Id: 466962 Location: Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate CSNTM Image Name: GA_1328_0204.JPG)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
18. Manuscript GA 1957 ("Fifteenth century manuscript of Apostolos, Pauline, and Revelation on parchment; 9 leaves, 3 columns, 36 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Shelf Number: Vat. gr. 1209, p. 1519-1536" per CSNTM) The scan via CSNTM is hopelessly low quality. However, 1957 is the designation for the copy of Apocalypse that accompanies Codex B (Vaticanus). As is sometimes the case, the designation by CSNTM is just wildly wrong: imagine how small the writing would have to be to contain Acts, Paul's Epistles, and Revelation in 9 leaves of 3 columns. In fact, it's just Revelation.
19. Manuscript GA 205 ("Fifteenth century minuscule of the Gospels, Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation (complete New Testament, with the Old Testament) on parchment; 80 leaves, single column, 55-56 lines per column. Location: Venice, National Library of St. Mark's Shelf Number: Gr. Z. 5 (420), NT: fol. 362-441" per CSNTM)
(full line)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
(CSNTM Image Id: 477891 Location: Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate CSNTM Image Name: GA_2302_0063.JPG)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
21. Manuscript GA 1876 ("Fifteenth century minuscule of the Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation on paper; 276 leaves, single column, 26 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. These images can be found at the Library of Congress. Location: Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery Shelf Number: Gr. 279" per CSNTM) Interestingly, the commentary stops fairly early and there is some Arabic text amidst the commentary. There might be a story there.
(CSNTM Image Id: 421368 Location: Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery CSNTM Image Name: GA_1876_0273.JPG)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
Variant 2: Add καὶ and omit article before ὅσιος: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος
22. Manuscript GA 2029 ("Sixteenth century manuscript of Revelation on paper; 294 leaves, 1 column, 13 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm." per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
23. Manuscript GA 2028 ("Fifteenth century manuscript (dated to 1422) of Revelation on paper; 119 leaves, 1 column, 27 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale Shelf Number: Gr. 239" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
24. Manuscript GA 2044 ("Sixteenth century manuscript (dated to 1560) of Revelation on paper; 120 leaves, 1 column, 27 lines per column. The digital microfilm images were generously donated to CSNTM. Location: Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Shelf Number: Theol. gr. 69" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
This same manuscript had a surprisingly modest drawing of the woman clothed in scarlet:
25. Manuscript GA 2017 ("15th Century Minuscule manuscript of Revelation on parchment; 16 leaves, single column, 30–40 lines per column. ... Location: Dresden, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek)
Shelf Number: A. 124" per CSTNM)(CSNTM reports as offline, but actually Dresden is hosting)
(full illuminated cap)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
First hand: ... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιο ...Corrector: ... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
26. Manuscript GA 2794 ("Twelfth-century minuscule on parchment containing the Gospels and Revelation. 152 leaves; 2 columns per page; 23 lines per column. These public domain images are made available by the Duke Repository. Location: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscripts Library, Duke, Durham, North Carolina Shelf Number: Greek MS 100" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
23. Manuscript GA 2028 ("Fifteenth century manuscript (dated to 1422) of Revelation on paper; 119 leaves, 1 column, 27 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale Shelf Number: Gr. 239" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
24. Manuscript GA 2044 ("Sixteenth century manuscript (dated to 1560) of Revelation on paper; 120 leaves, 1 column, 27 lines per column. The digital microfilm images were generously donated to CSNTM. Location: Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Shelf Number: Theol. gr. 69" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
This same manuscript had a surprisingly modest drawing of the woman clothed in scarlet:
25. Manuscript GA 2017 ("15th Century Minuscule manuscript of Revelation on parchment; 16 leaves, single column, 30–40 lines per column. ... Location: Dresden, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek)
Shelf Number: A. 124" per CSTNM)(CSNTM reports as offline, but actually Dresden is hosting)
(full illuminated cap)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
First hand: ... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιο ...
Corrector: ... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
26. Manuscript GA 2794 ("Twelfth-century minuscule on parchment containing the Gospels and Revelation. 152 leaves; 2 columns per page; 23 lines per column. These public domain images are made available by the Duke Repository. Location: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscripts Library, Duke, Durham, North Carolina Shelf Number: Greek MS 100" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὅσιος ...
Variant 3: Add καὶ before ὁ ὅσιος: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος
27. Manuscript GA 2046 ("Sixteenth century manuscript of Revelation on paper; 152 leaves, 1 column, 20 lines per column. The digital microfilm images were generously donated to CSNTM. Location: Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Shelf Number: Theol. gr. 220" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
28. Manuscript GA 18 ("Fourteenth century minuscule of the Gospels, Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation; 444 leaves, single column, 23 lines per column. Complete New Testament dated to 1364. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale Shelf Number: Grec 47" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
29. {Corrected} Manuscript GA 2038 ("Sixteenth century minuscule of Revelation with commentary on paper; 83 leaves; 1 column per page; 30 lines per column. These images are made available by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek according to Creative Commons. For recent digital images, visit Münchener Digitalisierungs Zentrum Digitale Bibliothek. Location: Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Shelf Number: Cod. graec. 23, fol. 333-415" per CSNTM)
(detail of main text)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
First Hand: ... (?) εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
Corrector: ... (?) εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
30. Manuscript GA 1248 ("Fourteenth century minuscule of the Gospels, Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation (complete New Testament) on paper; 389 leaves, single column, 35 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. These images can be found at the Library of Congress. Location: Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery Shelf Number: Gr. 267" per CSNTM)
(CSNTM Image Id: 419124 Location: Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery CSNTM Image Name: GA_1248_0231.JPG)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
Variant 3-1: Add καὶ before ὁ ὅσιος and add something after εἶ: Δίκαιος εἶ (?) ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος
31. Manuscript GA 2114 ("Seventeenth century minuscule (dated to 1676) of Revelation with commentary on paper; 118 leaves, 1 column, 20-31 lines per column. Images were taken at the National Library of Greece in Athens. Location: National Library of Greece, Athens Shelf Number: NLG 141" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ (?) ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
Variant 4: Wrong article before ἦν: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁς ἦν ὁ ὅσιος
32. Manuscript GA 337 ("Twelfth century minuscule of the Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation on parchment; 375 leaves, single column, 23 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm and are made available by the Bibliothèque Nationale. Location: Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale Shelf Number: Gr. 56" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁσ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
Variant 4-1: Wrong article before ἦν and no article before ὅσιος: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁς ἦν ὅσιος
33. Manuscript GA 1934 ("Eleventh-century minuscule of Paul and Revelation with commentary on parchment; 274 leaves; 1 column; 17 lines per column. These images are made available by the Bibliothèque Nationale France. For recent digital images visit BNF Gallica." per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁσ ἦν ὅσιος ...
34. Manuscript GA 2494 ("Fourteenth century minuscule of the Gospels, Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation on paper; 315 leaves, single column, 29 lines per column. Complete New Testament dated to 1316. Digital images are from microfilm. These images can be found at the Library of Congress. Location: Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery Shelf Number: Gr. 1991" per CSNTM)
(CSNTM Image Id: 424637 Location: Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery CSNTM Image Name: GA_2494_0310.JPG)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁς ἦν ὅσιος ...
Variant 5: No article before ὅσιος: Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὅσιος
35. Manuscript GA 1597 ("Thirteenth century manuscript (dated to 1289) of the Gospels, Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation on parchment; 515 leaves, 1 column, 24 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Athos, Vatopediu Shelf Number: 966" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὅσιος ...
Variant 6: Something added after εἶ: Δίκαιος εἶ (?) ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος
36. Manuscript GA 2402 ("Sixteenth century minuscule of Revelation with commentary on paper. 194 leaves; 1 column per page; 23 lines per column. Images are from the Goodspeed Manuscript Library, Ms. 931, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Libary. Location: University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Illinois Shelf Number: Ms. 931" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος εἶ (καὶ?) ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος ...
Other: Δίκαιος [[εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ]] ὅσιος
37. Manuscript GA 1893 ("Twelfth century minuscule of the Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation on parchment; 166 leaves, single column, 28 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. These images can be found at the Library of Congress. Location: Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate Shelf Number: Saba 665" per CSNTM)
(CSNTM Image Id: 476348 Location: Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate CSNTM Image Name: GA_1893_0167.JPG)
As you can see, the page is a bit damaged at this point, and the text is somewhat blurred. Possibly it can still be recovered with the right imaging.
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος[?] [[εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ??]] ὅσιος ...
Printed Text Reading: Δίκαιος Κύριε εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος
38. Manuscript GA 2619 ("possibly copied from a printed edition." according to J. K. Elliot)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος Κύριε εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
Notice the absence of nomina sacra style abbreviation of the word for Lord, Κύριε. That's one of the indicia that this was copied from a printed text, and also explains the presence of the word, Κύριε, in the text here.
39. Manuscript GA 2049 ("copied from a printed edition (bracketed in Liste)" per J.K. Elliot, "Sixteenth century minuscule of Revelation on paper; 23 leaves, single column, 24 lines per column. Images were taken at the Hellenic Parliament Library in Athens. Location: Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens Shelf Number: HPL 45" per CSNTM)
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος Κύριε εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
40. Manuscript GA 296 ("copied from a printed edition" according to J. K. Elliot) allegedly contains the entire New Testament, but the scan via CSNTM only showed the gospels. As it turns out, that is because it seems that CSNTM has uploaded BNF Grec. 123 but not BNF Grec. 124. It is the latter that contains John's Apocalypse, starting at p. 269 (link).
Transcription of the relevant portion:
... Δίκαιος Κύριε εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος ...
Modern Greek
41. Manuscript GA 2449 ("Revelation minuscule manuscript in modern Greek on paper; 29 leaves, single column, 21 lines per column. Location: National Historical Museum, Athens Shelf Number: Hist. Eth. Ges. 71" per CSNTM, which also assigns a 17th century date to the manuscript)
The main text has ὅσιος but, fascinatingly, check out the marginal reading here:
However, this manuscript is modern Greek and follows the chapter and versification of the printed text and bears a date (1684) that puts it a century too late to be of historical interest as being a possible source of Beza.
I have not provided the detailed transcript, but I note that the inclusion of Κύριε does suggest the influence of the printed text. It probably also explains the margin.
For Future Study
Passed over for Now
42. Manuscript GA 2433 (18th century manuscript, passed over for now)
43. Manuscript GA 2931 (17th-18th century manuscript, passed over for now)
Hackers
44. Manuscript GA 203 (images offline due to the hack of the British Library)
45. Manuscript GA 385 (same hacker issue as 203)
Otherwise Off-Line
46. Manuscript GA 1685 (not online, but probably has text)
For Updating the CSNTM website
Lacks the Passage in Question
47. Manuscript GA 2323 ("Minuscule manuscript of the Gospels and Revelation on parchment; 311 leaves, single column, 18 lines per column." per CSNTM)(see also this description at CSNTM)
This manuscript seems to have several pages removed, including the relevant pages - I have not thoroughly searched the manuscript to see if they could have been mis-bound at a different place.
297v ends at Revelation 14:10
CSNTM Image Id: 4153 Location: Benaki Museum, Athens CSNTM Image Name: GA_2323_0297b.jpg
298r starts at Revelation 16:8b
CSNTM Image Id: 4154 Location: Benaki Museum, Athens CSNTM Image Name: GA_2323_0298a.jpg
The numbering of the pages is in a later hand in Arabic numerals. Presumably the manuscript originally contained those pages. It's possible that they will resurface if the parchment was reused for another purpose, such as a book binding.
48. Manuscript GA 88 (images at CSNTM are too low quality to be sure, but don't seem to include chapter 16)
49. Manuscript GA 2259 (appears to end at Revelation 14:14)
50. Manuscript GA 2052 - Seems to end at Revelation 7:4
51. Manuscript GA 2186 (lost pages from Revelation 13:18 to Revelation 17:2)(see CSNTM Image Id: 617067 Location: Athos, Vatopedi Monastery CSNTM Image Name: GA_2186_0161.jpg; about four pages/sheets missing between the later Arabic numbered parge 156 and 157)("Twelfth century manuscript of Acts and Revelation on parchment; 94 leaves, 2 columns, 39 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Athos, Vatopedi Monastery
Shelf Number: 333, fol. 83-176" per CSNTM)
52. Manuscript GA 218 ("Thirteenth century minuscule of the Gospels, Apostolos, Paul, and Revelation (complete New Testament, with the Old Testament) on parchment; 138 leaves, 2 columns, 50-52 lines per column. The digital microfilm images were generously donated to CSNTM. Location: Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Shelf Number: Theol. gr. 23, NT: fol. 486-623" per CSNTM) 0628.jpg ends in Revelation 15:8 at lower right corner, 0629.jpg starts at Revelation 16:14. It appears that one column (two sides) of text was cut away. Remainder of Revelation is incomplete.
53. Manuscript GA 2493 ("Fourteenth century minuscule of Revelation on paper; 15 leaves, single column, 31 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. These images can be found at the Library of Congress. Location: Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery Shelf Number: Gr. 1692" per CSNTM) text seems to start at image 0125.jpg; images 0136.jpg and 137.jpg seem to be duplicates; text ends mid-chapter 13.
54. Manuscript GA 2377 (Contains only from Revelation 19:21 to 22:21 per CSNTM and it's not available online)
Maybe the wrong scan?
55. Manuscript GA 2018 (identified as "14th century minuscule of Revelation on parchment; 32 leaves, 2 columns. The digital microfilm images were generously donated to CSNTM." but the actual scan is of Codex Vindobonensis Palatinus and contains a variety of writings regarding various theological controversies). See same issue with GA 1953.
Misidentified as a Witness
56. Manuscript GA 2433 (has commentary, but the text doesn't seem to be fully quoted)
57. Manuscript GA 1909 is described by CSNTM as "Twelfth century minuscule of Revelation on parchment; 359 leaves; 1 column per page; 24 lines per column. These images are made available by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek according to Creative Commons. For recent digital images, visit Münchener Digitalisierungs Zentrum Digitale Bibliothek. Location: Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Shelf Number: Cod. graec. 412" The Munich Digital Library, however, describes it thus: "Catena in Pauli epistolam ad Romanos - BSB Cod.graec. 412." There does seem to be a quotation of Rev. 8:34 at 0117b but also a quotation from Romans 16:25 noted in Latin/English in the margin at 0323b quotation, and a quotation from Romans 15:7 at 0332b.
58. Manuscript GA 1848 ("Fifteenth century manuscript of Revelation and Pauline on parchment; 150 leaves, 1 columns, 13 lines per column. Digital images are from microfilm. Location: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale Shelf Number: Grec 108-111" per CSNTM) Despite CSNTM, pasted contents are Paul's epistles to the Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, and Timothy. Perhaps the scan of 109-111 is missing? (the table of contents here was not helpful)(Interestingly, 107 and 107a appear to be much older, but don't have Apocalypse)(If I found the right ones, 109-111 also do not have what I want)
59. Manuscript GA 1642 Contains Revelation according to CSNTM
Shelf information does not indicate Apocalypse: John's gospel begins at 0124.jpg (120 hand annotation); Acts at 164 (160 hand annotation); 0294.jpg and 0295.jpg seem to be duplicates
60. Manuscript GA 1953 ("Thirteenth century manuscript of Revelation on paper; 70 leaves, 1 column, 30 lines per column. The digital microfilm images were generously donated to CSNTM. Location: Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Shelf Number: Theol. gr. 166, fol. 1-70" per CSNTM)(passed over a detailed analysis for now - not sure it contains the text, very damaged toward the end of the extant sheets)
Appendix
The INTF data with breathings, accents, and punctuation notations simplified:
Updated January 19, 2024, with an image of Manuscript GA 296
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