Electronic Resources for the Textual Tradition of the Epistles of Paul

Transcription of Greek manuscripts of 2 Corinthians, Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles is currently in progress by volunteers and student transcribers. To volunteer, please contact us by e-mail. For the initial selection of manuscripts for the Pauline Epistles in the ECM, please see this published article.

Many of these transcriptions have been produced as part of the CATENA project at ITSEE, Birmingham (CATENA: Commentary Manuscripts in the History and Transmission of the New Testament", funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement 770816 between 2018 and 2023).

Sets of completed transcriptions are also available directly through the download page.

Collation of Greek Manuscripts of Romans

The initial collation of the 152 Greek manuscripts selected for the ECM of Romans was released in April 2024. It was produced as part of the CATENA project (CATENA: Commentary Manuscripts in the History and Transmission of the New Testament", funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement 770816 between 2018 and 2024).

Collation of Greek Manuscripts of Galatians

The initial collation of the 202 Greek manuscripts selected for the ECM of Galatians was released in November 2021, with updates in September 2022 and November 2023. It was produced as part of the CATENA project (CATENA: Commentary Manuscripts in the History and Transmission of the New Testament", funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement 770816 between 2018 and 2024).

Collation of Greek Manuscripts of Ephesians

The initial collation of the 131 Greek manuscripts selected for the ECM of Ephesians was released in January 2024. It was produced as part of the CATENA project (CATENA: Commentary Manuscripts in the History and Transmission of the New Testament", funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement 770816 between 2018 and 2024).

Transcriptions of Romans in Greek

The following 164 proofread transcriptions of Romans are available as XML files:
P10, P26, P27, P31, P40, P46, P61, P94, P113, P118, 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 010, 012, 020, 025, 044, 048, 049, 0150, 0172, 0209, 0219, 0220, 0221, 0278, 0285, 0289, 0311, 0319, 1, 3, 5, 6, 18, 33, 35, 38, 43, 61, 69, 81, 88, 90, 103, 104, 206, 218, 256, 263, 326, 330, 363, 365, 398, 400, 421, 424, 436, 441, 451, 455, 459, 467, 606, 608, 621, 623, 629, 630, 886, 915, 1069, 1108, 1115, 1175, 1241, 1243, 1297, 1319, 1359, 1505, 1506, 1524, 1573, 1611, 1617, 1718, 1729, 1739, 1751, 1798, 1834, 1837, 1838, 1846, 1852, 1875, 1877, 1881, 1886, 1893, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1935, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1973, 1985, 1987, 1987S, 1991, 1991S1, 1991S2, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2102, 2105, 2110, 2127, 2197, 2200, 2344, 2352, 2400, 2400S, 2464, 2495, 2516, 2523, 2544, 2576, 2659, 2685, 2816S, 2853, L23, L60, L156, L169, L587, L809, L1126, L1159, L1178, L1188, L1298, L1440, L2010, L2058.
These were released online between 2021 and 2023. For further information, please see the history page. They are also available to view as a synopsis (19MB, last generated May 2024).
These transcriptions were produced as part of the CATENA project (CATENA: Commentary Manuscripts in the History and Transmission of the New Testament", funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement 770816 between 2018 and 2023).
We are grateful to INTF for the incorporation of their transcriptions of the papyri and 01, 02, 03, 04 from the NT.VMR.

Transcriptions of Galatians in Greek

The following 225 proofread transcriptions of Galatians are available as XML files:
P46, P51, 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 010, 012, 015, 016, 018, 020, 025, 044, 049, 056, 062, 075, 075S, 0122, 0142, 0150, 0151, 0158, 0174, 0176, 0254, 0261, 0278, 0319, 1, 5, 6, 18, 33, 35, 38, 43, 51, 61, 69, 81, 88, 103, 104, 122, 177, 203, 206, 218, 254, 256, 263S, 296, 326, 327, 330, 336, 337, 365, 378, 394, 398, 421, 424, 429, 431, 436, 442, 451, 454, 455, 459, 462, 467, 506, 582, 606, 608, 617, 617S, 620, 623, 628, 629, 630, 632, 639, 642S, 720, 886, 891, 915, 935, 1069, 1105, 1108, 1115, 1127, 1175, 1241, 1245, 1250, 1251, 1267, 1319, 1367, 1398, 1405, 1424, 1505, 1523, 1523S1, 1523S2, 1524, 1563, 1573, 1611, 1617, 1622, 1730, 1736, 1739, 1741, 1750, 1751, 1753, 1798, 1798S, 1817, 1831, 1834, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1841, 1863, 1881, 1899, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1947S, 1950, 1950S, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2102, 2105, 2110, 2127, 2138, 2197, 2200, 2221, 2248, 2248S, 2279, 2344, 2352, 2356, 2400, 2423, 2464, 2482, 2492, 2494, 2495, 2511, 2516, 2523, 2544, 2574, 2576, 2596, 2659, 2674, 2733, 2805, 2815, 2853, 2865, 2889, 2899, 2936, L23, L60, L156, L169, L587, L809, L1126, L1159, L1178, L1188, L1298, L1440, L2010, L2058.
(GA 858 has been renamed as 2899, GA 263 has been renamed as 263S).

These were released online between 2014 and 2022. For further information, please see the history page. They are also available to view as a synopsis (9.4MB, last generated May 2024).
We are grateful to INTF for the incorporation of their transcriptions of P46, P51, 01, 02, 03, 04 from the NT.VMR.

Transcriptions of Ephesians in Greek

The following 163 proofread transcriptions of Ephesians are available as XML files:
P46, P49, P92, P132, 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 010, 012, 016, 018, 020, 025, 044, 048, 049, 056, 075, 075S, 0142, 0150, 0151, 0230, 0278, 0285, 0319, 0320, 1, 6, 18, 33, 35, 38, 61, 69, 81, 88, 93, 94, 102, 104, 177, 181, 203, 203S, 218, 256, 263, 296, 322, 326, 330, 337, 363, 365, 383, 398, 424, 436, 442, 451, 459, 462, 467, 506, 606, 629, 636, 664, 665, 915, 1069, 1108, 1115, 1127, 1175, 1240, 1241, 1245, 1311, 1319, 1398, 1490, 1505, 1509, 1573, 1611, 1617, 1678, 1718, 1721, 1729, 1739, 1751, 1831, 1834, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1851, 1860, 1877, 1881, 1886, 1893, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1939, 1942, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2127, 2138, 2180, 2243, 2344, 2352, 2400, 2464, 2492, 2495, 2516, 2523, 2544, 2576, 2805, 2834, 2853, 2865, 2865S, L23, L60, L156, L169, L587, L809, L1126, L1159, L1178, L1188, L1298, L1440, L2010, L2058.

These were released online between 2018 and 2022. For further information, please see the history page. They are also available to view as a synopsis (7.3MB, last generated May 2024).
We are grateful to INTF for the incorporation of their transcriptions of P46, P49, P92, 01, 02 and 03 from the NT.VMR.

Transcriptions of Philippians in Greek

The following 133 proofread transcriptions of Philippians are available as XML files, as of February 2024:
GA P16, P46, P61, 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 016, 020, 0282, 1, 5, 6, 18, 33, 35, 38, 61, 69, 81, 88, 90, 94, 104, 177, 218, 254, 263, 296, 302, 326, 330, 365, 384, 398, 436, 442, 451, 457, 459, 460, 462, 467, 483, 489, 606, 616, 618, 623, 629, 808, 915, 927, 1069, 1107, 1108, 1127, 1175, 1241, 1267, 1319, 1359, 1398, 1424, 1501, 1505, 1573, 1611, 1617, 1626, 1718, 1729, 1731, 1735, 1738, 1739, 1744, 1760, 1798, 1834, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1843, 1846, 1848, 1868, 1873, 1877, 1881, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1919, 1945, 1947, 1959, 1973, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2102, 2104, 2110, 2127, 2138, 2143, 2197, 2201, 2248, 2288, 2352, 2400, 2464, 2482, 2492, 2516, 2523, 2527, 2544, 2659, 2685, 2805, 2853, 2899, 2936.

These were released online between 2020 and 2024. For further information, please see the history page. They are also available to view as a synopsis (4MB, last generated June 2023).
We are grateful to INTF for the incorporation of their transcriptions of P14, P46, P61, 01, 02, 03 and 04 from the NT.VMR.

A team at the Center for the Study of Ancient Religious Texts (CSART) at Abilene Christian University, Texas, is working on transcriptions of the Epistle to the Colossians, under the leadership of Curt Niccum.

Transcriptions of Colossians in Greek

The following 175 proofread transcriptions of 1 Corinthians are available as XML files, as of January 2024:
P46, P61, 01, 02, 03, 04, 0289, 1, 6, 33, 35, 38, 61, 69, 81, 88, 94, 102, 103, 104, 105, 142, 203, 206, 218, 254, 256, 263, 326, 330, 363, 365, 398, 400, 424, 429, 436, 440, 442, 451, 455, 459, 462, 465, 467, 468, 496, 506, 547, 603, 606, 608, 629, 636, 676, 808, 915, 1069, 1099, 1106, 1108, 1115, 1127, 1175, 1241, 1251, 1267, 1270, 1297, 1315, 1319, 1352, 1359, 1398, 1490, 1501, 1505, 1509, 1523, 1524, 1563, 1573, 1598, 1611, 1617, 1678, 1718, 1721, 1729, 1739, 1751, 1757, 1758, 1798S, 1817, 1827, 1831, 1834, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1846, 1848, 1877, 1881, 1889, 1892, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1916, 1919, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1950, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2080, 2086, 2102, 2105, 2127, 2138, 2197, 2248, 2344, 2352, 2400, 2464, 2482, 2492, 2495, 2508, 2516, 2523, 2544, 2576, 2625, 2659, 2690, 2733, 2739, 2805, 2853, 2865, 2899, 2936, L23, L60, L156, L169, L587, L809, L1126, L1159, L1178, L1188, L1298, L1440.

These were released online in 2024. For further information, please see the history page.
We are grateful to INTF for the incorporation of their transcriptions of the papyri and 01, 02, 03, 04 from the NTVMR.

"COMPAUL: The Earliest Commentaries on Paul as Sources for the Biblical Text", funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreement 283302 between 2011 and 2016.

Database of Quotations

99,790 full-text quotations of Romans, 1 Corinthians and Galatians in Latin authors up to the eighth century, prepared in conjunction with the Vetus Latina Database.

38,150 full-text Greek quotations of the Pauline Epistles, prepared in conjunction with Biblindex.

The database is available to search here: https://itsee-wce.birmingham.ac.uk/citations/search

Transcriptions of Romans in Latin

Full text transcriptions of Romans in VL 31, 32, 51, 54, 58, 61, 64, 67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 251, 262, 271 and the lemma text of Ambrosiaster, Augustine, Rufinus and Pelagius.

Transcriptions of 1 Corinthians in Latin

Full text transcriptions of 1 Corinthians in VL 32, 51, 54, 58, 61, 64, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 251, 411 and the lemma text of Ambrosiaster and Pelagius.

Transcriptions of 2 Corinthians in Latin

Full text transcriptions of 2 Corinthians in VL 31, 32, 51, 54, 58, 61, 64, 67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 83, 84, 87, 88, 89, 251 and the lemma text of Ambrosiaster and Pelagius.

Transcriptions of Galatians in Latin

Full text transcriptions of Galatians in VL 51, 54, 58, 61, 64, 67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 84, 87, 88, 89, 251, 262, a handful of Vulgate manuscripts, and the lemma text of Marius Victorinus, Ambrosiaster, Jerome, Augustine, Pelagius and the Latin Theodore of Mopsuestia as well as testimonia collections.

The Anonymous Budapest Commentary (VL 89)

Electronic transcription of Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians and Galatians in this manuscript, prepared by Dr Rosalind MacLachlan in 2014.

Jointly funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) this project is undertaking research into the earliest translations of the Pauline Epistles between 2022 and 2025.
The partners are the University of Birmingham, the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (ADWG) and the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung, Münster (INTF).

Transcriptions of Galatians in Coptic

Transcriptions of 14 Sahidic manuscripts of Galatians are available in the CoptOT manuscript room.

Transcriptions of Ephesians in Coptic

Transcriptions of 13 Sahidic manuscripts of Galatians are available in the CoptOT manuscript room.