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along with Armenian, Syriac, and Coptic versions, contain the interpolated texts of the seven letters mentioned by Eusebius as well as some or all of the additional forged letters. The following are the surviving witnesses to the middle recension.
For the letters except Romans:
- Greek MSS:
- Mediceo-Laurentianus 57,7 (11th c.)
- Berlin papyrus, Codex 10581(5th c., Smyr. 3.3–12:1)
- Latin MSS:
- Caiensis 395 (= L1)
- Montacutianus (now lost) (= L2)
There are also three Syriac fragments, an Armenian extraction from the Syriac, an Arabic extraction from the Syriac, and two Coptic fragments (Trallians, Philippians, Romans 1–5.2; 2–9.1, Smyrneans 1–6, Polycarp 7.2–8.3) along with quotations in Eusebius.
Romans had a separate history of transmission. See below under abbreviations.
Abbreviations in the Apparatus For All the Letters Except Romans| G | Greek text of the middle recension (Codex Medicio-Laurentianus) |
| g | Greek text of the long recension (i.e., the interpolated manuscripts) |
| P | Berlin Papyrus (middle recension, of Smyrn. 3.3 - 12.1) |
| L | Latin text of the middle recension |
| l | Latin text of the long recension (i.e., the interpolated manuscripts) |
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| A | Armenian version |
| C | Coptic version |
| S | Syriac text of the short recension (of Ephesians, Romans, and Polycarp) |
| Sf | fragments of the Syriac version |
| G | Codex Parisiensis (10th-11th c.) |
| H | Codex Hierosolymitanus (10th c.) |
| K | Codex Siniaiticus (10th c.) |
| T | Codex Taurinensis (13th c.) |
| z | combined witness of GHKT |
| M | Greek text of the letter, as found in the Martyrdom of Ignatius by Metaphrastes |
| Sm | Syriac version of the letter, as preserved in the Martyrdom of Ignatius |
| Am | Armenian version of the letter, as preserved in the Martyrdom of Ignatius |
g L l A C S Sf: same as for the other letters
Select Bibliography- Barnard, Leslie W. “The Background of St. Ignatius of Antioch.” VC 17 (1963) 193–206.
- Barrett, Charles K. “Jews and Judaizers in the Epistles of Ignatius.” In Jews, Greeks and Christians: Religious Cultures in Late Antiquity, ed. R. Hammerton-Kelly and R. Scroggs. Leiden: Brill, 1976; 220–44.
- Camelot, P. T. Ignace d’Antioche: Lettres. Lettres et Martyre de Polycarpe de Smyrne. 4th ed. SC, 10. Paris: Cerf, 1969.
DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.ignatius-letters_ephesians.2003