Papyrus 86
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Papyrus 86 designated by siglum 
86, is an early copy of the New Testament
in Greek
. It is a papyrus
manuscript
of the Gospel of Matthew
. The manuscript palaeographically
has been assigned to the 4th century.
The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 5:13-16, 22-25.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type
. Aland
placed it in Category II, it means, it has some alien readings.
Location
It is currently housed at the Institut für Altertumskunde in University of Cologne
(P. Col. theol. 5516) in Cologne
.
86, is an early copy of the New TestamentNew Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
in Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
. It is a papyrus
Papyrus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...
. The manuscript palaeographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
has been assigned to the 4th century.
The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 5:13-16, 22-25.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type
Alexandrian text-type
The Alexandrian text-type , associated with Alexandria, is one of several text-types used in New Testament textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of biblical manuscripts...
. Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
placed it in Category II, it means, it has some alien readings.
Location
It is currently housed at the Institut für Altertumskunde in University of Cologne
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...
(P. Col. theol. 5516) in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
.
Further reading
- C. Charalambakis, D. Hagedorn, D. Kaimakis, and L. Thüngen, Vier literarische Papyri der Kölner Sammlung, no. 4, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 14 (Barcelona: 1974), pp. 37-40.
- B. Kramer and D. Hagedorn, Papyrologica Coloniensia VII, 2 (Cologne, 1978), pp. 88-89.
86 recto
86 verso