Development of Textual Criticism

5 - 16^th century	Vulgate (Latin; translated by Jerome)	transmission in secondary language
1516	Textus Receptus, edited by Desiderius Erasmus	manuscripts of 12 - 13^th century; missing text of Rev. 22:16-21 translated back from Latin to Greek
16^th - 17^th centuries	various editions	sparing use of Codex Alexandrinus (5^th century, almost complete)
1745 - 1812	Griesbach	corrects some obvious errors of Textus Receptus
1815 - 1874	Constantin von Tischendorf	discovery of Codex Sinaiticus (4^th century, complete NT), at monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai
late 19^th century	Westcott and Hort	extensive use of Codex Vaticanus (early 4^th century; about 1/2 of Christian scriptures), but other manuscripts mistakenly dated to 2^nd century introduce errors.
late 19^th century to present	(New) Revised Standard Version	gradual incorporation of more manuscript evidence...