Monday, April 06, 2020

Robertus Stephanus’ Greek New Testament editions online

The famous printer Robertus Stephanus (Robert Estienne) published four editions of the Greek New Testament. All of these can be found online, though quality and access differs. The list below is not exhaustive, and will be updated as more information comes to my attention.

1. 1546

Τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης ἅπαντα. Novum Testamentum. Ex bibliotheca regia (Paris: Robertus Stephanus).

– Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 1.L.29: ÖNBGB
– Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek, 999/Script.7: MDZ

2. 1549

Τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης ἅπαντα. Novum Testamentum. Ex bibliotheca regia (Paris: Robertus Stephanus).

– Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 1.L.34: ÖNB
– Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, BIB.TH.003654: GB

3. 1550

Τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης ἅπαντα. Novum Iesu Christi D. N. Testamentum. Ex bibliotheca regia (Paris: Robertus Stephanus, 1550).

– Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 4.D.25: ÖNB
– WWU Münster, Bibelmuseum, H 1550: Bibelmuseum
– Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek, 999/2Script.67: MDZ
– [provenance unclear]: CSNTM (pages with biblical text only; good resolution; no navigation)

4. 1551

Ἅπαντα τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης. Novum Iesu Christi D. N. Testamentum. Cum duplici interpretatione, D. Erasmi, et Veteris interpretis: Harmonia item Euangelica, et copioso indice (Geneva: Robertus Stephanus, 1551).

– Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, BIB.ACC.016001: GB (vol. 1); GB (vol. 2)
– Bibliothèque de Genève, Bb 2299: e-rara
– Assisi, Pro civitate museum, Cinquecentina 13-1 and 13-2: PCM (vol. 1); PCM (vol. 2)
– Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek, Th B IV 17: MDZ (vol 1); MDZ (vol. 2)

1 comment:

Matthew M. Rose said...

Thank you for these resources Dr. Krans (!)--I was missing a couple of these. Below is a link which contains some good quality (some very good) PDFs of several editions of Erasmus, a couple editions of Beza and Elziver, along with some earlier Tischendorf editions etc.; A few dozen total. Just scroll down and browse through the pages (3 total I believe).

https://www.originalbibles.com/category/greek-bible/


Hopefully you and your readers will benefit from some of these, enjoy!