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contents preface viii abbreviations xii Introduction 1 1. The Texts 15 2. The Early Christian Preference for the Codex 43 3. The Nomina Sacra 95 4. The Staurogram 135 5. Other Scribal Features 155 Concluding Remarks 191 select bibliography 193 appendix 1: Christian Literary Texts in Manuscripts of the Second and Third Centuries 208 appendix 2: Photographic Plates of Selected Manuscripts 228
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Christian literature, Early -- Manuscripts.
Christianity -- Origin.