Papyrus 61

Papyrus 61 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁶¹, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Pauline epistles. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 8th century.[1][2]

Contents

Papyrus ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁶¹

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Text	Pauline epistles †
Date	7th century
Script	Greek
Found	Nessana, Palestina
Now at	The Morgan Library & Museum
Cite	L. Casson, and E.L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 112-122.
Size	25 cm x 17 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

Ro 16:23-27; 1 Cor 1:1-2.4-6; 5:1-3.5-6.9-13; Philip 3:5-9.12-16; 1 Thess 1:2-3; Tit 3:1-5.8-11.14-15; Philem. 4-7;[1]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]

Location

It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (P. Colt 5) in New York City.[1][3]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Related Bible parts: Romans 16; 1 Corinthians 1; 1 Corinthians 5; Philippians 3; 1 Thessalonians 1; Titus 3; Philemon

References

1. 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. 100. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
3. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

Further reading

• L. Casson, and E. L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 112–122.
• G. Cavallo, Pap. Flor. 36 (2005), p. 197

External links

• LDAB