Sample Omnitext Reports
Omnitext produces three reports when a manuscript is analyzed against the Omnitext model:
(1) a date prediction,
(2) the best match manuscript, and
(3) the most impactful attributes.
Click the examples below for a summary of these reports on selected manuscripts.
In December 2020, a NT codex, GA 35, was registered on the INTF’s Kurzgefasste Liste as an eleventh century manuscript with a footnote that paleographer Georgi Parpulov dated it to the fourteenth century. This misdated ms had been used as the base text for The Gospel According to John in the Byzantine Tradition. The Omnitext reports provided evidence to support the fourteenth century dating, and the INTF changed the date in their manuscript registry. Click the GA 35 button for the summary report.
L2479 is a Evangelistarion recently added to the INTF’s Kurzgefasste Liste as a 13th century lectionary manuscript. A 2020 article in the Journal of Theological Studies, "Greek Manuscripts in Alexandria" by H. A. G. Houghton and Mina Monier, documents this manuscript's impressive provenance trail. The first three pages consist of a later paper supplement for missing material, followed by the original parchment. Click the L2479 button for the summary report that reflects the two parts.
