Meaning of "Ln.", etc., in Textual Apparatus

c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Tue Oct 15 02:09:39 EDT 2002


on 10/14/02 10:54 PM, c stirling bartholomew wrote:

>> Nicoll's Expositor's Greek Testament uses the terms "Ln.", "Lft." and "Ws."
>> in its textual apparatus (for example, for BAPTISMWi in Col. 1:12, it says
>> "So Ln. mg., Tr., Lft., Ws. ...", etc.), but I do not understand these three
>> references
> 
> Ln. =  Lachmann 
> mg. = "in the margin"
> Tr. = Tregelles
> T. = Tischendorf 
wrong!!  Ws. = Westcott (??)
> Lft. = Lightfoot
> 
> WH = Westcott & Hort
> 
> 

 Ws. = Wetstein 

This is all guesswork based on my frequent use of H.A.W. Meyer & H.Alford.

Clay 


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