Papyrus 56
Appearance
New Testament manuscript | |
Name | Papyrus Vindobonensis Graecus 19918 |
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Text | Acts 1 † |
Date | 5th / 6th century |
Script | Greek |
Found | Egypt |
Now at | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek |
Cite | P. Sanz, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung de österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 65-66. |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | II |
Papyrus 56 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 56, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains only Acts 1:1.4-5.7.10-11.
The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 5th century (or 6th century).[1]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
It is currently housed at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Pap. Vindob. G. 19918) in Vienna.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Further reading
- Peter Sanz, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung de österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 65–66.