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''A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament: For the Use of Biblical Students'' is one of the books of Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (1813–1891), biblical scholar and textual critic. In this book Scrivener listed over 3,000 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, as well as manuscripts of early versions. It was used by Gregory for further work. The book was published in four editions. The first edition, published in 1861, contained 506 pages. The second edition (1874) was expanded into 626 pages; the third into 751 pages; and the fourth into 874 pages. Two first editions were issued in one volume; in the third edition the material was divided into two volumes, with an increased number of chapters in each. The first volume was edited in 1883, the second in 1887. The fourth edition was also issued in two volumes (1894).〔Edward Miller, ''Preface to the Fourth Edition'', in ''A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. For the Use of Biblical Students'' (London 1894), p. VII.〕 The fourth edition of the book was reprinted in 2005 by Elibron Classics. == First Edition == The text of the first edition was divided into nine chapters and three ''Indices'' were added at the end (pp. 465–490). All plates were placed at the end of book (after ''Indices''). The main part of the work are descriptions of the manuscripts. Scrivener concentrated his attention on the most important manuscripts (especially five larger uncial codices). The later cursive manuscripts were too numerous to be minutely described as per the uncials. Scrivener described them with all possible brevity, dwelling only on a few which presented points of special interest and used a system of certain abbreviations. Lists of this abbreviations was included just before the Catalogue of cursive manuscripts. Examples of abbreviations, include: : ''Act.'' — MS. of Acts and Catholic epistles : ''Am.'' — the Ammonian Sections : ''Eus.'' — the Eusebian Canons : ''Eus. t.'' — a table of the Eusebian Canons : ''Carp.'' — Epistula ad Carpianum : κεφ. — the numbers of the majora stand in the margin : κεφ. ''t''. — the tables of the are prefixed to each book : τιτλ. — the τιτλοι are given at the head or foot of the page : ''lect.'' — the book is adapted for Church-reading by notices of the proper lessons, feasts etc. in the margin, or above, or below : ''men.'' — a menology, calendar of Saints' Days, is found at the beginning or end of the book : ''syn.'' — Synaxarion, a calendar of the daily lessons throughout the year is given : ''mut.'' — the copy described is mutilated : ''pict.'' — the copy is illuminated with pictures : ''prol.'' — contains prolegomena before the several books〔''A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. For the Use of Biblical Students'' (Cambridge and London 1861), p. 142.〕 In every next edition of the ''Plain Introduction'' this system of abbreviations was expanded (e.g. Αναγ., ''Argent.'', etc.). At the end of lists the manuscripts are described more shortly, in two columns, only numbers of the manuscripts, with the corresponding number of other system of catalogization (Scholz):〔''A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. For the Use of Biblical Students'' (Cambridge and London 1861), p. 206.〕 In the preface to the first edition, the editor announced:
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