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Oldest & Best Manuscript Evidence Database

Two ways to see the whole record

Watch sixteen centuries of testimony take shape.

Every passage’s evidence file contributes dated events and named witnesses. Play the timeline to see the record accumulate era by era, or open the constellation to see how far the testimony for each reading actually spreads across the ancient church.

The transmission timeline

Every witness, every date, on one axis.

Every Greek manuscript, Latin witness, ancient version, church father, printed edition, and competing-evidence row in the catalog—each with a catalogued date or a transparently bounded range. Search a witness, filter a lane, or press play to watch the record build.

1795

Dated witness entries

AD 2018

Showing 1795 of 1795 entries · 619 distinct witnesses · 51 passages

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A solid dot marks a single attested date; a fading bar marks a witness whose date is a range in the source note. A dashed outline means the row counts as evidence against a reading; a diamond is a curated milestone rather than an individual witness. A larger numbered marker bundles several witnesses that share nearly the same date—click it to open the full list. Hover an era label to zoom into it. Click any marker for its full record.

The Transmission Timeline | Oldest & Best