Papyrus 120
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Papyrus 120, also known as P.Oxy. LXXI 4804, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John in a fragmentary condition, only containing verses 1:25-28 and 1:38-44.[1][2] It is designated by the siglum Template:Papyrus in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned by the INTF to the 4th century CE.[3]
Description
The original manuscript was likely a codex (precursor to the modern book) made of papyrus, of which only three pieces from one leaf have survived.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page, with 27-28 letters per line.[3]Template:R/superscript[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript The fragments do evidence the size of the margins of 2-3cm, which based on the 27 lines per pages would give the original codex a size of 11cm x20.5cm, with likely 95 pages in total to contain the Gospel of John.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript The copyist was likely a professional scribe, who wrote in a style known as Biblical Majuscule.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library (shelf number P. Oxy. 4804) at Oxford.[3]Template:R/superscript
See also
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References
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External links
Images
- High Resolution Digital Images of Template:Papyrus online from the University of Oxford's "P.Oxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
- Digital Images of Template:Papyrus online at the CSNTM
Official registration
- "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008