ITSEE Publications

This page is an attempt to bring together links to all the electronic editions produced by scholars working in ITSEE since its foundation in 2005.

32. The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Ephesians

Transcriptions and Synopsis of 17 manuscripts: doctoral work of Clark Bates, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (Midlands4Cities doctoral training partnership)
Repository 

• The pseudo-Oecumenian catena on Ephesians: text, translation, and commentary(awarded 2024)

31. The Editio Critica Maior of Romans

Transcriptions and collation of Greek manuscripts of the Epistle to the Romans.
Funded by the European Union (ERC CATENA project)
http://www.epistulae.org (transcriptions released 2021–2024)
http://epistulae.org/apparatus/romans (collation, first release 2024)
https://edata.bham.ac.uk/1111 (repository and synopsis of 166 transcriptions, 2024)
https://edata.bham.ac.uk/1112 (repository of collation and nexus files, 2024)

30. The Editio Critica Maior of Ephesians

Transcriptions and collation of Greek manuscripts of the Epistle to the Ephesians.
Funded by the European Union (ERC CATENA project)
http://www.epistulae.org (transcriptions released 2019–2022)
http://epistulae.org/apparatus/ephesians (collation, first release 2023)
https://edata.bham.ac.uk/1109 (repository and synopsis of 163 transcriptions, 2024)
https://edata.bham.ac.uk/1110 (repository of collation and nexus files, 2024)

29. Family Π in the Gospel according to Mark

A collation of 27 manuscripts of Mark: doctoral work of Timothy Mitchell
https://purl.org/itsee/mitchell (edition)
https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000983 (repository)
http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/4290/ (transcriptions only)

• https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/13692/ (awarded 2023)

28. The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Romans

Transcriptions and Synopsis of 8 manuscripts: doctoral work of Jacopo Marcon, funded by the European Union (ERC CATENA project)
https://purl.org/itsee/marcon (edition)
https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00001097 (repository)

• https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/13454/ (awarded 2023)

27. The Editio Critica Maior of Galatians

Transcriptions and collation of Greek manuscripts of the Epistle to the Galatians.
Funded by the British Academy and the European Union (ERC CATENA project)
http://www.epistulae.org (transcriptions released 2014–2021)
http://epistulae.org/apparatus/galatians (collation, first release 2021)
https://edata.bham.ac.uk/1107 (repository and synopsis of 226 transcriptions, 2024)
https://edata.bham.ac.uk/1108 (repository of collation and nexus files, 2024)

26. Codex Zacynthius

Electronic edition of the oldest surviving Greek Catena Manuscript, including full transcriptions of GA 040, GA L299 and English translation of the catena
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/codexzacynthius/1 (2020)
see also https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000496
https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000430

25. The Greek Manuscripts of 2 Thessalonians

Positive and Negative Apparatus and Transcriptions of 138 manuscripts of 2Thessalonians: doctoral work of Grant Edwards
http://www.epistulae.com/edwards-phd/ (awarded 2020)
see also https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000510

24. Estoria de Espanna Digital

A digital edition of the Estoria de Espanna of Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon (AHRC: Aengus Ward)
http://estoria.bham.ac.uk/ (2016)

23. Digital Magna Carta for the Society of Antiquaries of London

Electronic edition and Synopsis of three different versions
https://www.sal.org.uk/external/magna-carta-digital/ (2015)
also https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000509

22. Qur’anic transcriptions

Supporting doctoral work by Alba Fedeli, including the Birmingham Qur’an
http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/1964/ (PhD, 2015)
http://purl.org/itsee/fedeli (ongoing)

21. Electronic texts of the Pauline Epistles in Latin

Funded by the European Union (ERC COMPAUL project)
http://epistulae.org/

• Transcription of Budapest Latin Commentary (2013)
• Transcriptions of 31 pre-Vulgate Latin manuscripts and commentaries of Romans, Corinthians and Galatians (completed 2013)
• Database of 83,239 citations of Romans & Corinthians in Latin (2015)
• Database of 11,764 citations of Galatians in Latin (2015)

20. Family 13 in John

Transcriptions of 13 manuscripts of John: doctoral work of Jac Perrin
http://iohannes.com/family13/ (awarded 2013)

• Jac Perrin, Family 13 in St. John's Gospel. A Computer Assisted Phylogenetic Analysis (NTTSD 58). Leiden: Brill, 2018.

19. Virtual Shakespeare Performance Archive

Collaboration with Shakespeare Institute
Internal site only, due to copyright restrictions (2013)

18. Insular Gospels transcription site

Transcriptions of Latin manuscripts of the Gospels copied in Ireland
http://www.insulargospels.net/ (2012–)

17. IGNTP XML transcriptions of John

Full transcriptions of 244 Greek, 37 Latin and 14 Coptic witnesses to John
http://iohannes.com/transcriptions/ (2012)

16. Workspace for Collaborative Editing

Online environment for editing manuscript traditions
http://www.itsee.birmingham.ac.uk/ (2012–19)
https://itsee-wce.birmingham.ac.uk/ (2019–)
See also the full project description and the repository at https://github.com/itsee-birmingham

• Transcription reconciler: released 2012
• Citation manager: released 2012
• XML browser-based transcription editor: released 2013
• CollateX-based collation editor: released 2015

15. The Digital Codex Bezae

The oldest Greek–Latin bilingual gospel book, at Cambridge University
http://igntp.org/bezae.html (published 2012)
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-NN-00002-00041/7
Latin pages: http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/1664/
Greek pages: http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/2167/ (updated 2016)

14. Family 1 in John

Electronic Edition of 21 manuscripts of John: doctoral work of Alison Welsby
http://iohannes.com/family1/ (awarded 2012; 2^nd edition 2014)

• Alison Welsby, A Textual Study of Family 1 in the Gospel of John. ANTF 45, Berlin-Boston: de Gruyter, 2014.

13. Dante's Commedia

Transcripts, collations and analyses of seven key manuscripts of Dante's Commedia (The Divine Comedy) by Prue Shaw
http://www.sd-editions.com/Commedia (published 2011)

12. The Virtual Manuscript Room

An online showcase for the Cadbury Research Library
http://vmr.bham.ac.uk/ (2009–19)
Site transferred to Cadbury Research Library, 2019

• first release with 71 Arabic, Syriac, Persian and Greek manuscripts: 2009
• 26 screenplays, prompt books and manuscripts added for the Shakespeare Institute: 2011
• 40 Hebrew manuscripts and 28 others added: 2015

11. Codex Sinaiticus digital edition

‘The World’s Oldest Bible’ reunited online
http://codexsinaiticus.org/ (initial release 2008, complete edition 2009)
http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/3306/ (updated 2020)
https://github.com/itsee-birmingham/codex-sinaiticus (current transcription repository)

See also:

• Codex Sinaiticus, facsimile edition. Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 2009.
• D.C. Parker, Codex Sinaiticus. The Story of the World’s Oldest Bible. British Library and Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 2010. German translation, German Bible Society, 2012
• Scott McKendrick, David Parker, Amy Myshrall and Cillian O’Hogan, ed. Codex Sinaiticus. New Perspectives on the Ancient Biblical Manuscript. British Library and Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 2015.

10. Vetus Latina Iohannes Electronic Edition

The 37 manuscripts with a text preceding Jerome’s Vulgate
http://iohannes.com/vetuslatina/ (1^st edn 2007, 2^nd edn 2015).

Database of 61,368 quotations of John in Latin authors (2010)

• P.H. Burton, H.A.G. Houghton, R.F. MacLachlan, D.C. Parker Vetus Latina 19. Iohannes. Freiburg: Herder, 2011–.
  Fascicle 1: John 1:1–4:48 (2011).
  Fascicle 2: John 4:48–9:41 (2013).

9. Byzantine Edition of John

An edition of 72 varied witnesses to the text of the Orthodox Church
http://iohannes.com/byzantine/ (1^st edn 2007, 2^nd edn 2014).

• R.L. Mullen, with Simon Crisp and D.C. Parker et al., The Gospel of John in the Byzantine Tradition. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007

8. Greek Majuscule Manuscripts of John

The 70 Greek manuscripts of John in majuscule script
http://iohannes.com/majuscule/ (1^st edn 2007, 2^nd edn 2013).
https://doi.org/10.25500/eData.bham.00000072

• U.B. Schmid, with W.J. Elliott and D.C. Parker, The New Testament in Greek IV. The Gospel according to St John. Volume Two. The Majuscules. Leiden: Brill, 2007.

7. Dante's Monarchia

Prue Shaw's acclaimed edited text and translation of Dante's remarkable treatise on political theory, supported by full transcripts of the text of all twenty manuscripts and of the 1559 editio princeps, together with digital images of all pages.
http://www.sd-editions.com/Monarchia/ (2006)

6. The Nun's Priest's Tale

Edited by Paul Thomas, Barbara Bordalejo and Orietta Da Rold; funded by Brigham Young University, The Exxon Foundation, The Leverhulme Trust, The Arts and Humanities Research Council and private donors
http://www.sd-editions.com/NP/ (2006)

5. Protevangelium Jacobi

An electronic edition of Greek witnesses to the Infancy Gospel of James
Produced by Christopher Jordan and Alison Welsby for the MA in Editing Texts in Religion (2006).
http://www.sd-editions.com/protevangel/
see also http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/3292
https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000517

4. The Court of Chivalry

Database of 17^th century court records
Created by Prof. Richard Cust and Andrew Hopper (Dept. of History)
http://court-of-chivalry.bham.ac.uk/ (2006–2015)
https://edata.bham.ac.uk/505/ (standalone edition 2015)
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/court-of-chivalry (2015–)

3. Clement's First Epistle to the Corinthians
An electronic edition of Clement's First Epistle in Syriac, Latin and Greek
Produced by Aaron W. Neill for the MA in Editing Texts in Religion (2005).

2. Parliament Rolls of Medieval England

Eight million words of transcription and translation of the parliament records of England from 1272 to 1504. Edited by Chris Given-Wilson et al.
http://www.sd-editions.com/PROME/ (2005)

1. The Bayeux Tapestry Digital Edition

Ground-breaking presentation of the whole of this tapestry, with source texts, maps, related images, and scholarly commentary, edited by Martin K. Foys.
http://www.sd-editions.com/bayeux/ (2005)

Monographs

• Panagiotis Manafis, (Re)writing History in Byzantium: A Critical Study of Collections of Historical Excerpts. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020.
• H.A.G. Houghton, Fortunatianus of Aquileia, Commentary on the Gospels. English translation and introduction, in association with Lukas J. Dorfbauer. CSEL extra seriem. Berlin & New York: De Gruyter, 2017.
• H.A.G. Houghton, The Latin New Testament. A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
• D.C. Parker, Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012
• D.C. Parker, Codex Sinaiticus, British Library Publishing, 2010
• D.C. Parker, Manuscripts, Texts, Theology. Collected Papers 1977-2007 (ANTF 40), Walter de Gruyter, 2009
• H.A.G. Houghton, Augustine's Text of John. Patristic Citations and Latin Gospel Manuscripts, Oxford University Press, 2008
• D.C. Parker, An Introduction to the New Testament Manuscripts and their Texts, Cambridge University Press, 2008
• P.H. Burton, Language in the Confessions of Augustine, Oxford University Press, 2007
• U.B. Schmid, Unum ex Quattuor. Eine Geschichte der lateinischen Tatianüberlieferung, AGLB 37, Herder, 2005
• P.H. Burton, The Old Latin Gospels. A Study of their Texts and Language, Oxford University Press, 2000 (online edition)
• D.C. Parker, The Living Text of the Gospels, Cambridge University Press, 1997
• U.B. Schmid, Marcion und sein Apostolos, ANTF 25, Walter de Gruyter, 1995
• D.C. Parker, Codex Bezae, Cambridge University Press, 1992

Textual editions

• H.A.G. Houghton, Panagiotis Manafis and Amy Myshrall (ed.), The Palimpsest Catena of Codex Zacynthius: Text and Translation (Texts and Studies 3). Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2020.
• H.A.G. Houghton, C.M. Kreinecker, R.F. MacLachlan and C.J. Smith, The Principal Pauline Epistles: A Collation of Old Latin Witnesses. (NTTSD 59). Leiden: Brill, 2019.
• P.H. Burton, H.A.G. Houghton, R.F. MacLachlan and D.C. Parker (edd.), Vetus Latina. Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel. 19. Iohannes. Freiburg-im-Breisgau: Herder, 2011–.
  Fascicle 1 (John 1,1-4,48) 2011. (300pp.) ISBN 978-3-451-00318-9.
  Fascicle 2 (John 4,48-9,41) 2013. (360pp.) ISBN 978-3-451-00319-6.
• Mullen, R.L. with Crisp, S. and Parker D.C. (edd.) The Gospel of John in the Byzantine Tradition Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
• Schmid, U.B. with Elliott, W.J. and Parker, D.C. (edd.) The New Testament in Greek IV. The Gospel according to St John. Volume Two. The Majuscules Brill, 2007.
• Elliott, W.J. and Parker, D.C. (edd.) The New Testament in Greek IV. The Gospel according to St John. Volume One: The Papyri Brill, 1995.

Collected volumes

• H.A.G. Houghton and D.C. Parker (ed.), Codex Zacynthius: Catena, Lectionary, Palimpsest. (Texts and Studies 3.21). Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2020.
• H.A.G. Houghton, M.L. Davies and Markus Vinzent (ed.), Studia Patristica Vol. C. Including Papers Presented at the Sixth British Patristics Conference, 5–7 September 2016. Leuven: Peeters, 2020.
• H.A.G. Houghton, David C. Parker and Holger Strutwolf (ed.), The New Testament in Antiquity and Byzantium: Traditional and Digital Approaches to its Texts and Editing: A Festschrift for Klaus Wachtel (Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 52). Berlin & New York: De Gruyter, 2019.
• H.A.G. Houghton (ed.), Liturgy and the Living Text of the New Testament. (Texts and Studies 3.16). Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2018.
• H.A.G. Houghton (ed.), Commentaries, Catenae and Biblical Tradition. (Texts and Studies 3.13). Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2016.
• Scot McKendrick, David Parker, Amy Myshrall and Cillian O’Hogan (edd.), Codex Sinaiticus: New Perspectives on the Ancient Biblical Manuscript. London: British Library, 2015.
• H.A.G. Houghton (ed.), Early Readers, Scholars and Editors of the New Testament (Texts and Studies 3.11). Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2014.
• M. Vinzent, L. Mellerin and H.A.G. Houghton (edd.) Biblical Quotations in Patristic Texts. (Studia Patristica 54). Leuven: Peeters, 2013.
• H.A.G. Houghton and D.C. Parker (edd.), Textual Variation: Theological and Social Tendencies? (Texts and Studies 3.6) Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2008.

International Greek New Testament Project

The Gospel according to John

• Elliott, W.J. and Parker, D.C. (edd.) The New Testament in Greek IV. The Gospel according to St John. Volume One: The Papyri Brill 1995.
• Schmid, U.B. with Elliott, W.J. and Parker, D.C. (edd.) The New Testament in Greek IV. The Gospel according to St John. Volume Two. The Majuscules Brill 2007. (available on the Brill website). electronic edition
• D.C. Parker, with M.B. Morrill and U.B. Schmid (edd.) An Apparatus of the Greek Manuscripts for the Editio Critica Maior of the Gospel of John. Electronic file on University of Birmingham ePapers.
• Work in progress available online (including transcriptions and apparatus) at the iohannes.com website.

The Gospel of John in the Byzantine Tradition

• Mullen, R.L. with Crisp, S. and Parker D.C. (edd.) The Gospel of John in the Byzantine Tradition Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft 2007, ISBN 978 3 438 05132 5
  • print edition
  • electronic edition

The Codex Sinaiticus Project

• Online edition of the manuscript presented by The British Library, the National Library of Russia, St Catherine's Monastery and Leipzig University Library (available at www.codexsinaiticus.org).

The Codex Zacynthius Project

• Online edition of the manuscript at the Cambridge Digital Library.
• H.A.G. Houghton and D.C. Parker (ed.), Codex Zacynthius: Catena, Lectionary, Palimpsest. (Texts and Studies 3.21). Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2020.
• H.A.G. Houghton, Panagiotis Manafis and Amy Myshrall (ed.), The Palimpsest Catena of Codex Zacynthius: Text and Translation (Texts and Studies 3.22). Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2020.

Vetus Latina Iohannes

• A critical edition of the Old Latin evidence for the Gospel according to John:
  • P.H. Burton, H.A.G. Houghton, R.F. MacLachlan, D.C. Parker (edd.) Vetus Latina 19. Iohannes. Freiburg: Herder, 2011–.

Fascicle 1: John 1:1–4:48 (2011).
Fascicle 2: John 4:48–9:41 (2013).

The Principal Pauline Epistles

A collation of Old Latin witnesses for Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians and Galatians:

• H.A.G. Houghton, C.M. Kreinecker, R.F. MacLachlan and C.J. Smith, The Principal Pauline Epistles: A Collation of Old Latin Witnesses. (NTTSD 59). Leiden: Brill, 2019.
• Full transcriptions available at www.epistulae.com and the University of Birmingham eData site for Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and Galatians.

The Digital Codex Bezae

• A complete transcription of the Latin and Greek texts of Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, funded by Cambridge University Library and hosted at the Cambridge Digital Library

The Citations Database

The database contains citations of many Biblical books in Greek and Latin patristic authors up until the 8th Century. They have been collected over many years as part of several different projects based in ITSEE. The Latin citations have been prepared in conjunction with the Vetus Latina Institute and many of the Greek citations in conjunction with Biblindex.

• The database: Citations Database

Further transcriptions

• Transcriptions of manuscripts of the Pauline Epistles may be found at www.epistulae.com

Peter Robinson The Miller's Tale on CD-ROM SDE 2004 (homepage)

Barbara Bordalejo Caxton's Canterbury Tales: The British Library copies SDE 2003

Estelle Stubbs The Hengwrt Chaucer Digital Facsimile SDE 2000

Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan The Hengwrt Chaucer Standard Edition in CD-ROM SDE 2003

Paul Thomas The Nun's Priest's Tale SDE 2006

Parliament Rolls of Medieval England

Eight million words of transcription and translation of the parliament records of England from 1272 to 1504. Edited by Chris Given-Wilson et al.

Dante's Monarchia

Prue Shaw's acclaimed edited text and translation of Dante's remarkable treatise on political theory. Shaw's text is supported by full transcripts of the text of all twenty manuscripts and of the 1559 editio princeps, together with digital images of all pages, many of them newly made in high-resolution full colour. SDE 2006.

Digital Magna Carta

Electronic edition and synopsis of three different versions of Magna Carta held by the Society of Antiquaries of London, produced in 2015 for the eight hundredth anniversary of Magna Carta.

Bayeux Tapestry Digital Edition

Ground-breaking presentation of the whole of this tapestry, with source texts, maps, related images, and scholarly commentary. Edited by Martin K. Foys.

Parliament Rolls of Medieval England

Eight million words of transcription and translation of the parliament records of England from 1272 to 1504. Edited by Chris Given-Wilson et al.

Dante's Monarchia

Prue Shaw's acclaimed edited text and translation of Dante's remarkable treatise on political theory. Shaw's text is supported by full transcripts of the text of all twenty manuscripts and of the 1559 editio princeps, together with digital images of all pages, many of them newly made in high-resolution full colour. SDE 2006.

The Workspace for Collaborative Editing

Online transcription editor, interface to edit XML apparatus produced by CollateX, versional and patristic interfaces.

Anastasia

A program which uses XML tags to produce a digital replica from an electronic transcription.

SDPublisher

A replacement for Anastasia: an XML publishing system ideal for creating an electronic edition of a text from XML transcriptions of manuscripts.