The transcription procedures adopted for the lmanuscripts published on the GrEco Project website are intended to produce texts that are both accessible and readable while remaining faithful to the complexity of the originals. For this reason, the transcripts record not only the final text of each manuscript but also deletions, insertions, and revisions made during the process of composition. In some cases, particularly in rough drafts (see opposite), this results in a substantial number of editorial notes.

The following editorial principles have been adopted:

– All deletions and insertions in the manuscripts are recorded in footnotes numbered in Arabic numerals. Where an alteration has itself been revised, both stages of the revision are recorded. Authorial footnotes are distinguished from editorial footnotes by the use of Roman numerals and a larger font size.

– As a general rule, punctuation, spelling, abbreviations, and capitalization have been transcribed exactly as they appear in the manuscripts. The sole exception concerns quotations in Ancient Greek, whose spelling has been silently corrected when erroneous.

– Square brackets [ ] are used in two cases:

1. To indicate the foliation of the manuscripts. In this case, the foliation marker precedes the text appearing on each leaf. Recto and verso are abbreviated as “r” and “v” respectively. Thus, “[f. 1r]” indicates the recto of folio 1.
2. To indicate uncertainty in the transcription. “[word ?]” indicates that the reading of a word is plausible but uncertain. “[?]” indicates that a word or sequence of words could not be deciphered.