The lemma is the editorial text of the Stuttgart Vulgate, fifth edition (2007).
Where the verse division of the Stuttgart Vulgate differs from the Greek text of Nestle-Aland, the latter has been adopted. This affects the following verses: Romans 5:8–9; 16:10–11; 1 Corinthians 3:4–5; 6:9–10; 7:33–34; 9:20–21; 15:26–27; 15:44–45; 2 Corinthians 6:8–9; 8:14–15; Galatians 4:31–5:1; 5:22–23; 6:7–8.
The following conventions are used:
| Bold text |
Editorial text of the Stuttgart Vulgate. |
| Siglum in italics, e.g. 61 |
A witness with a different orthographic form of this reading. |
| Siglum in angled brackets, e.g. ⟨64⟩ |
A witness only partially extant supporting this reading. |
| Siglum in parentheses, e.g. (89) |
A witness with an erroneous form of this reading. |
| om. |
Omission of the entire variation unit. |
| abs. |
Absence of the variation unit (normally for extracts which only present part of the verse). |
| lac. |
Witness is lacunose for the entire variation unit (but present elsewhere in the verse). |
| [1–2] |
A lacuna or illegible section of 1–2 characters. |
| [abc] |
Text supplied to complete a lacuna. |
| […] |
A lacuna of unspecified length. |
| ạḅc̣ |
Unclear text |
| + |
Text added after the variation unit; if the manuscript is not previously cited for a variant, then it agrees with the lemma up to this point. |
| ± |
A variation unit absent from the base text (e.g. before the first lemma in the verse, or a place with multiple additions). |
| † |
See comment in footnote. |
Following a siglum:
| * |
The first hand reading of a manuscript when there is a later correction. |
| C |
A correction to a first hand reading in a manuscript; C2 or C3 for later correctors. |
| C* |
A correction by the first hand in a manuscript. |
| gl, alt |
A gloss or alternative reading, often added in the margin (not used for 77). |
| ed |
The editorial text of a secondary source when a variant is reported (also ed2). |
| var |
A variant reading reported in the critical apparatus of a secondary source. |
| 1,2,3 |
Variants when a verse is cited more than once in the same witness. |
| ro |
A correction marked as ‘ro’ in VL 75. |
| AMstA,D,R,W,Z |
Variants in specified witnesses of Ambrosiaster. |
| PELA, B |
Variants in the two principal manuscripts of Pelagius. |