Andreas text-type

The Andreas text-type is a form of the text of the Book of Revelation found in some manuscripts of Revelation, it is named after Andreas of Caesarea, (563–614) whose manuscript followed this text-type.

[5] Most subsequent Eastern Christian commentators of the Book of Revelation have drawn heavily upon Andrew and his commentary,[6] which was preserved in about 100 Greek manuscripts,[7] and was also translated into Armenian, Georgian, and Slavonic.

[8] His commentary was so influential that it preserved the specific Andreas text type of Revelation.

[9] Schmid numbered around 83 witnesses to the text, these include unicials such as 25, 88, 205, 209 and 632.

[3] The Andreas text was used by Erasmus in his creation of the Textus Receptus due to the usage of Minuscule 2814 and thus the text of Revelation in most Reformation-era translations follows the Andreas text-type.