Since " quantitative research provides data not interpretation " (F. Moretti), close reading should be considered as the necessary bridge between big data and interpretation, as well as being the core duty of the Humanities. To test its potential in a neglected field – the Arabic manuscripts of the Letters of Paul of Tarsus – we are developing a digital, enhanced edition of the 1 st Letter to the Corinthians in the Vaticanus Arabicus 13. This short paper presents an editorial tool based on the Vercelli Book Digitale project; it provides a transcription, a standardized and vocalized version, as well as French and English translations, with texts encoded in Arabic TEI. Further features are in development such as TexLink and a philological commentary. We hope to extend the project to the unique New Testament Arabic-Greek-Latin manuscript from the Marciana Library Gr. Z. 11 (=379), 12th century.