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Transcript Updates Since 2001 for Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon

Since the publication of Royal Skousen’s typescript of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon in 2001, Skousen has made a number of corrections or changes to his transcript. Below is a list of the significant changes between the 2001 transcript and the transcript presented in this volume of The Joseph Smith Papers. This list does not include the many small changes made in order to convert Skousen’s transcript into Joseph Smith Papers style. This chart presents the transcript changes in Skousen’s style. In the chart below, the slash (/) signifies a line break, and editorial comments are rendered in italics and enclosed in brackets.
Page Line Skousen, Original Manuscript (2001) Skousen revisions in JSP, R5 (2021)
003 0 [blank]er[blank] his Brethren the [blank] Nephi cries unto the Lord for his Brethren
004 2–3 remembere/-nce remember/-ance
018 16 & it fell [inserted by Oliver Cowdery] & it fell [inserted by John Whitmer]
020 1 spakee spake
025 10–11 mul/titudes mul/-titudes [add hyphen]
029 9 & [inserted by Oliver Cowdery] & [inserted by John Whitmer]
032 39 calleed called
048 37–38 rest / upon him rest upon / him
048 38–39 the ser/-vant of the servant / of
057 24 from fro|m|
079 39 who shall disannul it who shall disannul <> [crossed-out it?]
080 33 Judgments judgments
081 32–33 worsh/-ep worsh/-ip
114 20 sware swore
225´ 8–9 busi/ness busi/-ness [add hyphen]
225´ 17–18 accord/ing accord/-ing [add hyphen]
226´ 7 is a half of is < > half of [crossed-out a?]
231´ 13 placed plased
234´ 12 & repentance & <> repentance [crossed-out their?]
252´ 20 supposing supposeing
252´ 20 making makeing
252´ 23 making makeing
252´ 27 as though as tho
253´ 6 swoard swo[a|u]rd
263´ 15 word<s> [s crossed out] word<%s%> [s erased]
269´ 2–3 <[blank]>/-<ain> [crossed-out maintain?] <[blank]>/-<ain> [crossed-out obtain?]
272´ 17–18 take / up take / <[blank]> [crossed-out up?]
277´ 6 & it came to pass that & it came to pass <[blank]> [crossed-out that?]
277´ 14 ch[o|u]use ch[o|u]se [omit extra u from typo]
279´ 25 that |&| that [& inserted at beginning of line]
283´ 17 <[n|v]an> <[v|n]an>
285´ 4–5 nes/-sasary ne/-cessary
285´ 14 who are who art
286´ 11 hearts heart
287´ 17 precious preasious
288´ 3 closet closit
290´ 7 unto <[blank]>to [crossed-out un of unto?]
294´ 9 yea & that I had yea & <[blank]> I had [crossed-out that?]
296´ 14 coun[s|c]el counsel
301´ 8 Councel Counsel
303´ 1 the raising of the spirit the raiseing the spirit [two changes]
305´ 1 which ye ^\do/ send out which ye ^\doth/ send out
306´ 7 a perfectly just God a perfect just God
311´ 8 & in the selfsame & in that selfsame [O = 1830 reading]
316´ 3 Amalickiah Ameleckiah
317´ 8 armour armours
319´ 19 g[o|a]t g[a|o]t
320´ 7 Ameleckiah Amelickiah
321´ 34–35 desse/-nters dese/-nters
322´ 1 dessenters desenters
322´ 4 impenitant impenitent
322´ 18 <Ca{p}>ltl <Ca{p}>
325´ 5 Ameleckiah Amelickiah
328´ 5 began the foundation for began a foundation for
328´ 7 t{he|hat} t{he|ha}t
328´ 9 on the north in the north
330´ 9 crimes crime
337´ 29 d[e|i]ssensions d[i|e]ssensions
337´ 35b Lord Lord &
338´ 1 & ^\they/ had they had
345´ 4 overpower over power
349´ 3 overpower over power
350´ 11 the city of Cumeni the city <[blank]> Cumeni [crossed-out of?]
352´ 3 men or those men <[blank]> those [crossed-out or?]
354´ 3 maraculous marackulous
355´–356´ both pages have been redone because of four inserted fragments and better readings for beginning and ending of some lines
356´ 8 brake broke
363´ 24–25 contens/-ions conten/-tions
366´ 28 Cor{e|i}antumr Cor{e|i}antumr(+) [the final r ends in a flourish]
368´ 10 Corinatumr Coriantumr [correction of a typo]
370´ 12 into th{e|is} land into th{e|i}|s| land
397´ 15 too late, to late,
398´ 24 in the day in that day
399´ 35 striveing, striving,
400´ 23 the prophecy, the prophesy,
401´ 24 reign Reign
404´ 24 the prophecy the prophesy
461´ 11 brake broke
467´ 17´ faith maketh faith & maketh [a substantive conjecture]
468´ 1´ kept cept
469´ 1´ apostles apostels
469´ 10´ which dwell upon which dwelt upon
470´ 4´ fulfiling fulfilling
470´ 17´ anger angar