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waltzmn@popmail.skypoint.com said about classifying the vulgate:
>                     ...let me present my results. This is
> based on 990 readings, including those in GNT3 but also some 300
> additional readings selected by a random process...
> ...Notice that the Vulgate agrees with A, E, K, and M 60-65% of the
> time, and with p75, B, and Aleph only about 45% of the time.

For any kind of evaluation involving Byzantine witnesses,
the selection of readings in UBS3 or even NA26 is highly unrepresentative,
and will make your counts of agreements nearly meaningless.
For instance, in this case lots of units of variation where Westerns
and Alexandrians agree against Byzantines will not be covered by
any entry in the apparatus, because the text is felt to be firm.
This is a standard pitfall in using a selective apparatus.
You need to work from the IGNTP volumes, Tischendorf, or Von Soden.


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