A minor point of pedantry (sorry, I can't help my obsession with textual criticism): these are not transcripts; they are translations. I think I read somewhere

A minor point of pedantry (sorry, I can't help my obsession with textual criticism): these are not transcripts; they are translations. I think I read somewhere that transcripts were made, but they were lost. I find it odd that the introduction says nothing about that. On the other hand, the introduction doesn't really say anything much at all about the provenance of the text. Or perhaps it does and I didn't look hard enough. If anyone knows more, please reply.