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Notes:
- Greek manuscripts are obviously the most important. These are divided and listed in general chronological sequence from early to late as Papyri, Uncials, Minuscules, and Lectionaries (selections of texts prepared for use in worship, etc. designated with italic l and a number)
- A second valuable source are the numerous translations, many of them very early into other languages such as Latin, Syriac, Coptic, and the translation by Jerome into Latin known as the Vulgate. These are noted in the apparatus by small letter abbreviations such as it, sy, co, vg, etc.)
- Quotations of the New Testament that appear in early church writers in Greek, such as Irenaeus (Iren) or Origen (Or), or in Latin, such as Tertullian (Tert) or Augustine (Aug). These quotations must be used with some care because often such quotation was done from memory and the same author may quote a given text in several different ways.
