Papyrus 66

E195608

Gospel of John manuscript Greek biblical manuscript New Testament papyrus manuscript

Papyrus 66 is an early third-century Greek manuscript of the Gospel of John, notable for its importance to New Testament textual criticism and its affiliation with the Alexandrian text-type.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Papyrus 66 canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gospel of John manuscript ⓘ Greek biblical manuscript ⓘ New Testament papyrus manuscript ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	P66 ⓘ 𝔓66 ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 200 CE ⓘ
approximateLinesPerPage	about 15–25 lines per page ⓘ
associatedWithScholarshipOf	New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
associatedWithTextFamily	Alexandrian text family ⓘ
categoryInAland	Category I ⓘ
citedIn	Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
collection	Bodmer Papyri ⓘ
containsPassage	John 14:29–21:9 (with lacunae) ⓘ John 1:1 ⓘ John 1:1–6:11 ⓘ John 6:35–14:26 ⓘ
contents	Gospel of John ⓘ
currentLocation	Bibliotheca Bodmeriana ⓘ
date	early 3rd century ⓘ
discoveredIn	Bodmer Papyri ⓘ surface form: Bodmer Papyri collection
earliestWitnessOf	large portions of the Gospel of John ⓘ
format	codex ⓘ
genre	religious text ⓘ
hasLacunae	yes ⓘ
hasNominaSacra	yes ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
layout	single column per page ⓘ
locatedIn	Cologny ⓘ surface form: Cologny, Switzerland
material	papyrus ⓘ
numberOfLeaves	approximately 75 leaves originally ⓘ
paleographicalDatingMethod	paleography ⓘ
placeOfDiscovery	Jabal Abu Mana, near Dishna, Egypt ⓘ
producedBy	early Christian scriptorium in Egypt ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
script	uncial script ⓘ
shelfMark	Bodmer Papyri ⓘ surface form: Papyrus Bodmer II
significance	important for New Testament textual criticism ⓘ important witness to the text of the Gospel of John ⓘ
stateOfPreservation	substantial but fragmentary ⓘ
textType	Alexandrian text-type ⓘ
textualCharacter	predominantly Alexandrian with some unique readings ⓘ
usedFor	comparison of textual variants in the Gospel of John ⓘ study of early New Testament text ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingMaterialSource	papyrus codex ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexandrian text-type → includesWitness → Papyrus 66 ⓘ

Pericope adulterae (John 7:53–8:11) → absentFromManuscript → Papyrus 66 ⓘ

subject surface form: Pericope adulterae