E-Manuscripts.org is in the process of offering ancient manuscripts for wide availability. As The Standard reports
Die Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig hat Teile des Codes Sinaiticus digitalisiert und online verfügbar gemacht. Die Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Microsoft und Xplain haben die 43 in Leipzig befindlichen Blätter des “Codex Sinaiticus” digitalisiert. Waren die Blätter bislang nur einer kleinen Gruppe zugänglich, können Teile der ältesten Bibel der Welt nun online angesehen werden. Die Präsentation der Leipziger Blätter des Codex ist das erste einer Reihe von Projekten für die Darstellung alter Handschriften im Internet.
Read the whole report. This is great news and hopefully many of the key manuscripts will be offered in time.
That’s 43 pages out of how many? And who is this “E-Manuscripts.org”? When I try to go there I just get a request to install some software, which I won’t do unless the site explains to me why I need to and what exactly it will or will not do to my computer.
By: Peter Kirk on May 8, 2008
at 12:52 pm
I hesitated too- but installed it anyway. The organization is part of the University of Leipzig, so I think it’s trustworthy.
By: Jim on May 8, 2008
at 12:53 pm
Nice. I asked last month about where to find Greek manuscripts of the NT. I was looking for copies on paper, but have only found them in digital format thanks to a link from Mike in my comments. It looks like Codex Sinaiticus and many others are already online and no installation required:
http://www.csntm.org/Manuscripts.aspx
By: Nathan Stitt on May 8, 2008
at 4:46 pm
Dear Nathan,
make no mistakes. CSNTM has scanned images from a from the full-sized black and white facsimile of the manuscript produced in 1911 by Kirsopp Lake and Clarendon Press, which is of course good. However, the University of Leipzig has published images of the real thing (the part they have), and with superior quality!
By: Tommy Wasserman on May 9, 2008
at 2:57 am
There is never too much of a good thing!
By: Nathan Stitt on May 9, 2008
at 8:18 am