The Eusebian Canon Tables: Ordering Textual Knowledge in Late Antiquity

by Matthew R Crawford and Matthew R. Crawford

One of the books most central to late-antique religious life was the four-gospel codex, containing the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. A common feature in such manuscripts was a marginal cross-referencing system known as the Canon Tables. This reading aid was invented in the early fourth century by Eusebius of Caesarea and represented a milestone achievement both in the history of the book and in the scholarly study of the fourfold gospel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198802609
• ISBN13: 9780198802600
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"