Gospel of John – Fragment
Parchment · 2 leaves · 850 – 900 CEF-lixc
Alexandria, Patriarchal Library, Cod. 56 (olim 81; 949; 74), ff. A & B
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Athina Almpani, MIET 2018
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Summary
The beginning of the parchment Cod. 56 (according to the most recent inventory) of the Patriarchal library of Alexandria has two paper and two parchment flyleaves. The parchment folios provide pericopes of the Gospel of John in Greek. The paper leaves are blank.
The text of the Gospel is written in pointed upright majuscule script with decorated initials, in two columns of 17-18 lines. Ekphonetic notation and nomina sacra appear throughout the text.
Description: At the beginning of the Cod. 56 & at the end of the same Cod. (additional information and documentary material)
Two parchment leaves [& two blank paper ones (before and after the parchment) & three paper strips]
In situ (Flyleaf)
- PLA_56_label_f_Ar
- PLA_56_paper_flyleaf_f_Ar_parchment_flyleaf_
- PLA_56_f_Ar
- PLA_56_ff_Av_Br
- PLA_56_f_Bv_paper_flyleaf_recto_
- PLA_56_f_Bv
- PLA_56_paper_flyleaf_verso_f_1r_main_Cod_decorated_upper_margin_doodle_in_the_lower_margin
One blank paper flyleaf and one strip at the end of the manuscript. Pastedown with fragment
- PLA_56_f_147r_main_MS_
- PLA_56_f_147v_recto_of_blank_flyleaf_f_148r_according_to_the_numbering_
- PLA_56_verso_of_blank_flyleaf_f_148v_f_149r_according_to_the_numbering_in_situ_pastedown
- PLA_56_f_149r_paper_in_situ_pastedown