Detail View: Rylands Collection: St John Fragment
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Image Number:
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JRL020153tr
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Reference Number:
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Greek Papyrus 457
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Image Title:
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St John Fragment
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Parent Work Title:
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Bible: John
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Date Created:
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2nd century [early]
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Page/Sheet:
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recto
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Image Sequence Number:
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1
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Image Sequence Total:
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2
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Description:
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Papyrus fragment of St John's Gospel, Chapter 18, verses 31-33, 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.
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Language Code:
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grc
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Subject:
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Bible. New Testament
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Papyrus
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Discovery Site:
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Egypt: Oxyrhynchus (Behnesa) [?]
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Time Period Covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Places Covered:
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Israel: Jerusalem
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Item Height:
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89 mm
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Item Width:
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60 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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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.
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Image Creation Technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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