COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL020154tr
image_number
JRL020154tr
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Greek Papyrus 457
reference_number
Greek Papyrus 457
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
St John Fragment
title
St John Fragment
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Bible: John
title_larger_entity
Bible: John
Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
2nd century [early]
date_created
2nd century [early]
Date Created
false
Page/Sheet:
verso
page
verso
Page/Sheet
false
Image Sequence Number:
2
image_sequence_number
2
Image Sequence Number
false
Image Sequence Total:
2
image_sequence_total
2
Image Sequence Total
false
Description:
Papyrus fragment of St John's Gospel, Chapter 18, verses 37-38, in which Christ appears before Pilate. It was discovered in Upper Egypt, possibly at Oxyrhynchus. It is part of a codex, and is the earliest known fragment of the New Testament in any language. It was acquired by the Library in 1920.
description
Papyrus fragment of St John's Gospel, Chapter 18, verses 37-38, in which Christ appears before Pilate. It was discovered in Upper Egypt, possibly at Oxyrhynchus. It is part of a codex, and is the earliest known fragment of the New Testament in any language. It was acquired by the Library in 1920.
Description
false
Language Code:
grc
language
grc
Language Code
false
Subject:
Bible. New Testament
subject
Bible. New Testament
Subject
false
Subject:
Christianity
subject
Christianity
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Fragments
class
Fragments
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Papyrus
support
Papyrus
Support
false
Discovery Site:
Egypt: Oxyrhynchus (Behnesa) [?]
location_discovery_site
Egypt: Oxyrhynchus (Behnesa) [?]
Discovery Site
false
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
temporal_coverage
1 BCE - 500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
Israel: Jerusalem
spatial_coverage
Israel: Jerusalem
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
89 mm
item_height
89 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
60 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
References:
Roberts, C.H., 'An unpublished fragment of the Fourth Gospel in the John Rylands Library', in 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library' 20 (1936), pp. 45-55. Catalogue of the Greek & Latin Papyri in The John Rylands Library at Manchester.
references
Roberts, C.H., 'An unpublished fragment of the Fourth Gospel in the John Rylands Library', in 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library' 20 (1936), pp. 45-55. Catalogue of the Greek & Latin Papyri in The John Rylands Library at Manchester.
References
false
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten
Metadata Language:
eng-GB