manuscripts considered authentic that came from Simonides - GA 503 at British Library with mixed text of John

[Steven Avery]

Wikipedia

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Minsucule 110
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_110

The manuscript was brought by clergyman and scientist John Covel from Mount Sinai (Egypt) to England (along with minuscule 65).[3] Covel marked it as codex 5, but afterwards gave it the name of the Sinai manuscript.[4]

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Minuscule 502
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_502
The manuscript was written by one Leo. Formerly it belonged to the monastery of St. Maximus. In 1853 it was bought together with Minuscule 503 from Constantine Simonides.[3][4]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 19387) in London.[2]

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The codex contains the text of the Pauline epistles and Catholic epistles, on 94 parchment leaves (size 18.4 cm by 14.9 cm), with lacunae (Romans, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11:25; James 4:4-5:4; 1 Peter 3:15-Jude). It is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[2] According to Scrivener it is very neatly written.[3]

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (chapters) before each epistle, τιτλοι (titles), lectionary markings on the margin, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each epistle, and numbers of στιχοι at the margin.[3][4]

According to Gregory it could be written by the same hand as Minuscule 502.[4]

The order of books: Pauline epistles and Catholic epistles. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.

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Minuscule 503
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_503

The manuscript was written by Cosmas Vanaretus, a monk. Formerly it belonged to the monastery of St. Maximus. In 1853 it was bought together with Minuscule 502 from Constantine Simonides.[3][4]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 19389) in London.[2]

Gospel of John on 60 parchment leaves
This should be Vatopedi on Athos?

Scrivener
https://books.google.com/books?id=Yg9iEAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PR4

This monastery might be near Constantinople , it might be Vatopedi

Gregory
https://archive.org/details/textkritikdesne00greggoog/page/n209/mode/1up?view=theater

Maximos the Confessor
https://www.saintsophiadc.org/saint...and,Abbott of the monastery after a few years

Saint Maximos soon realized that the emperor and many others had been corrupted by the Monothelite heresy, which was spreading rapidly through the East. He resigned from his duties at court, and went to the Chrysopolis monastery (at Skutari on the opposite shore of the Bosphorus), where he received monastic tonsure. Because of his humility and wisdom, he soon won the love of the brethren and was chosen Abbott of the monastery after a few years. Even in this position, he remained a simple monk.

https://byzantinology.ge/byz5abstr.pdf

Maximus the Confessor
https://orthodoxword.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/the-tomb-of-st-maximus-the-confessor/
With the blessing of the local bishop, the Monastery of Saint Maximus the Confessor from Tsageri, is currently under restoration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsageri#cite_note-4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsageri#cite_note-4

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Minuscule 644
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_644
The manuscript was bought from Constantine Simonides, the most versatile forger of the nineteenth century, for the British Museum in 1853.[4] It is one of the very few authentic Simonides pieces. .... In 1908 Gregory gave the number 644 to it.[1]
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 19388) in London.[2][6]

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Minuscule 2793
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_2793
This leaf is one of very few authentic pieces which were bought by Thomas Phillipps from Constantine Simonides (in 1853/1854).
The codex is now housed at Bible Museum Münster (Ms. 11).

Matthew 22:7–14
In Matthew 22:7–14, Codex Sinaiticus features notable Alexandrian readings, such as reading νυμφών (wedding hall/bridal chamber) instead of γάμος (wedding feast) in verse 10, and minor orthographic variants like spelling ἀνακειμένων as ανακιμενων in verse 13, aligning closely with early fourth-century manuscript traditions. [1, 2, 3]

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[Steven Avery]

Gregory ms 503 could have been used for Sinaiticus

2793 worth check

 

[Steven Avery]

Some additional authentic manuscripts are discussed in the book by Christopher de Hamel.

 

[Steven Avery]

Greek New Testament Manuscripts on Mount Athos (2026)
Katie Leggett
https://criticaltexts.com/greek-new-testament-manuscripts-on-mount-athos/

On March 11, 1853, Frederick Madden rejected 5 scrolls offered by Simonides as forgeries. The following day, Simonides returned with genuine codices that the British Museum later purchased, including 6 Greek New Testament witnesses: GA 502, 503, 640, 644, 1268, and ℓ1053.18 For Simonides, then, Athos was not merely a place from which manuscripts could be obtained; it was also a source of credibility—a remote and largely inaccessible setting that could be used to authenticate manuscripts, including those he had fabricated.

 

[Steven Avery]

Kirk could compare Miniscule 2793 with the Sinaiticus Matthew variants indicated!

LaParola
Matthew 22:10
http://www.laparola.net/greco/index.php?rif1=47&rif2=22:10

reading νυμφών (wedding hall/bridal chamber) instead of γάμος (wedding feast) in verse 10,

οὓς] ‭א B* D 0161vid f13 pc vg
ὅσους] B2 C L W Θ 085 0102 f1 Byz it syrh ς

γάμος] Bmg D E F G H K W X Y Δ Θ Π Σ 085 0161vid 0233 f1 f13 28 33 157 180 205 565 579 597 700 1006 1009 1071 1079 1195 1216 1230 1241 1242 1243 1253 1292 1342 1344 1365 1424 1505 1546 1646 2148 2174 Byz Lect ita itaur itb itc itd ite itf itff1 itff2 itg1 ith itl itq itr1 vg copbo arm geo slav Irenaeuslat Origen Lucifer Chrysostom Chromatius Augustine ς
νυμφὼν] ‭א B* L 0102 892 1010 pc copsa Cyril WH
ἄγαμος] C
γάμος or νυμφὼν] syrc syrs syrp syrh syrpal eth

ἀνακειμένων] Byz ς WH
τῶν ἀνακειμένων] D Θ f13 700 al

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Matthew 22:13
http://www.laparola.net/greco/index.php?rif1=47&rif2=22:13

and minor orthographic variants like spelling ἀνακειμένων as ανακιμενων in verse 13,

ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν] ‭א B L Θ 085 f13 33 565 700 892 1010 pc itff2
εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς] C D W 0102 f1 Byz vg ς

δήσαντες αὐτοῦ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ἐκβάλετε αὐτὸν] ‭א B L Θ 085 f1 (f13 βάλετε) 22 700 892 pc itaur itf itg1 itl vg (syrp) cop NR CEI Riv TILC Nv NM
ἄρατε αὐτὸν ποδῶν καὶ χειρῶν βάλετε] D ita itb itc itd ite itff1 itff2 ith itq itr1 (syrs syrc) Irenaeus Lucifer
δήσαντες αὐτοῦ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ἄρατε αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκβάλετε] C (M Φ 565 1241) W 0102 Byz itf (syrh) ς ND Dio

 

[Steven Avery]

We also want to look at

Minuscule 503 .. is it up at the British Library 19389

British Library Additional Manuscript 19389 (also known as Gregory-Aland 503) is a 13th-century manuscript written on parchment. It contains biblical text from the Gospels (specifically the Gospel of John) and is preserved as part of the historic Western Manuscripts collection in London. [1, 2]

 

[Steven Avery]

The British Library’s Collection of Greek Manuscripts
Hellenic Institute
http://hellenic-institute.uk/research/etheridge/British-Library/Greek-MSS.html

Other manuscripts newly obtained from the Levant came from foreign agents such as

Constantine Simonides in 1853 (Add. 19386, 19387, 19388, 19389, 19390, 19391, 19392A, 19392B),

Constantin Tischendorf in 1853 and 1868 (Add. 20002, 20003, 20004, 26112-26115) and

Spyridion Lambros in 1858 (Add. 22732, 22733, 22734, 22735, 22736, 22737, 22738, 22739, 22740, 22741, 22742, 22743, 22744, 22745, 22746, 22747, 22748, 22749, 22750).

From Simonides the Museum purchased 21 leaves (Add. 19391) that have subsequently been shown to be part of the Vatopedi Ptolemy and

from Tischendorf it obtained an important minuscule copy of the Book of Acts dated 1044 that had once formed part of a volume in the Patriarchal Library at Alexandria (Add. 20003).

The astute judgement and discriminating eye of the then Keeper of Manuscripts, Sir Frederic Madden, also ensured the purchase at the London sale of the numismatist H.P. Borrell in 1853 of no less a manuscript than the famous Theodore Psalter (Add. 19352). According to Madden this volume had been obtained by Borrell from the library of the Archbishop of Chios.