There are eleven surviving full and partial manuscripts of the ''Sic et non''. These are:
- Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Car. C. 162, fols. 23-38v (siglum Z)
- Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale, 85, fols. 106rb-118v (siglum T)
- Montecassino, Archivio dell'Abbadia, 174, pp. 277-451 (siglum C)
- Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, 300, pp. 1-74 (siglum E)
- Brescia, Biblioteca Quiriniana, A.V. 21, fols. 14-64v (siglum B)
- Douai, Bibliothèque Municipale, 357, fols. 140-155v (siglum D)
- London, British Museum, Royal 11 A v, fols. 73-98v (siglum L)
- München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm. 18926, fols. 14v-105v (siglum M)
- Cambridge, University Library, Kk 3.24, fols. 67v-159 (siglum K)
- Avranches, Bibliothèque Municipale, 12, fols. 132-207 (siglum A)
- Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 165, pp. 1-355 (siglum k)
There is also one surviving manuscript containing solely q. 117:
- Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale, MS E. v. 9 (749) (siglum S).
An examination of these manuscripts demonstrates the existence of successive drafts of the ''Sic et non''.
- Z is the earliest known recension of the ''Sic et non'', which, according to Constant Mews, dates to 1121. Parallels between Z and Abelard's other works from this period show that Z is not an abbreviation of the TCEBS recension of the ''Sic et non'', as Boyer and McKeon believed.
- TCEB and S belong to the next earliest recension of the ''Sic et non'', which dates to 1121-1126.
- DL belong to an intermediate recension of the ''Sic et non'', which likewise dates to the period 1121-1126.
- MKAk belong to the latest recension of the ''Sic et non'', which dates to the period 1127-1132.
- Peter Abelard. ''Sic et non'' . Full Latin text provided by Peter King.
- Peter Abelard. ''Sic et non: A Critical Edition''. Ed. Blanche B. Boyer and Richard McKeon. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976.
- Barrow, Julia. “Tractatus magistri Petri Abaielardi de sacramento altaris.” ''Traditio'' 40 (1985): 328-36.
- Buytaert, E. M. General introduction to ''Petri Abaelardi opera theologica''. CCCM 11. Turnholt 1969. p. xiii.
- Mews, Constant. General introduction to ''Petri Abaelardi opera theologica''. CCCM 13. Turnholt 1987. p. 21 and p. 51.
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