This book is intended primarily for students of the Greek Bible. . . . in terms of practical usefulness for textual criticism, the present volume aims to acquaint the beginner in palaeography with the habits of scribes and the difficulties they faced in copying manuscripts. Such information will enable one to understand and appreciate the reasons for the emergence of variant readings in manuscripts of the Greek Bible (Bruce M. Metzger, Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Palaeography, v).