Greek New Testament Manuscripts

Adapted from the online Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism, created by Robert Waltz, and supplemented from other sources, including The Text of the New Testament and Manuscripts of the Greek Bible, both by Bruce M. Metzger, as well as the most recent update to the official list kept at the Institute for New Testament Textual Research in Münster, Germany.

Sigla: e=Gospels   a=Acts   p=Paul   c=Catholic Epistles   r=Apocalypse

Papyri

Gregory-Aland Number

University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Univ. of Penns., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mus. Egizio., Firenze, Italy

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

Bibl. Nat., Paris

British Library, London

Bibl. Nat. et Univ., Strasbourg

Centr. Nauch. Bibl., Kiev

Berlin, Staatl. Mus.

Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ross. Nac. Bibl., St. Petersburg, Russia

Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

British Library, London

St. Catherine's monastery at Mt. Sinai

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

University Library, Cambridge, England

British Library, London

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey

Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania

University Library, Glasgow, Scotland

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Newton Centre, F. Trask Library, Andover Newton Theological School

Staatl. Mus., Berlin, Germany

Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

University Library, Cambridge, England

Palestine Inst. Museum, Pacific School of Rel., Berkeley, California

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

Univ. Bibl., Gent, Rijksuniv.

John Rylands Library, Manchester, England

John Rylands Library, Manchester, England

+ P⁵⁸ – Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

Bibl. Medicea Laurenziana, Firenze, Italy

Bibl. Medicea Laurenziana, Firenze, Italy

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

formerly: Ambrose Swasey Library, Rochester, New York; sold 6/20/2003, location unknown

Inst. f. Papyrologie der Univ., Heidelberg, Germany

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

British Library, London

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Chester Beatty Papyrus – Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland; Österr. Nat. Bibl., Vienna, Austria

Chester Beatty Papyrus – earliest known copy of epistles of Paul in frequent agreement with Alexandrian witnesses but also has some Western and some Byzantine readings. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Chester Beatty Papyrus – Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Bibl. Medicea Laurenziana, Firenze, Italy

Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut

Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England

John Rylands Papyrus or Rylands Fragment – earliest known N.T. manuscript, dated about 125 CE. John Rylands Library, Mancester, England

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

Wien, Österreiches National Bibliothek, Pap. G 19927

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

see p³³

Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York

Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York

Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York

Univ. Bibl., Oslo, Norway

Staatl. Mus., Berlin, Germany

+ P⁶⁷ – Magdalen College, Oxford, England

Ist. di Pap., Firenze, Italy

Bodmer Papyrus 2 – Mixed type of text that varies between Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine from section to section. Bodmer Library, Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland

see p⁶⁴

Ross. Nac. Bibl., St. Petersburg, Russia

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 2383), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 2384), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 2385), Oxford, England

Bodmer Papyrus – Bodmer Library, Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland

Bodmer Library, Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland

Bodmer Library, Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland

Bodmer Papyrus 14 – "Textually the manuscript is of importance in showing that the Alexandrian type of text characteristic of the fourth-century codices Vaticanus (B) and Sinaiticus (À) was current at the beginning of the third century" (Metzger, Manuscripts, 68). Resides in Bodmer Library in Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland.

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 2383), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 2384), Oxford, England

Staatl. Mus., Berlin, Germany

Fundación S. Lucas Evang., Barcelona, Italy

S. Daris, Tieste, Italy

Bibl. Nat. et Univ., Strasbourg, France

Bibl. de l'Univ., Louvain, Belgium

Bibl. de l'Univ., Louvain, Belgium

Bibl. Nat. et Univ., Strasbourg, France

Inst. für Altertunskunde, Cologne, Germany

Inst. für Altertunskunde, Cologne, Germany

Univ. Cattolica, Milan, Italy

Bibl. Medicea, Firenze, Italy

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England (P.Oxy. 35233)

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

Ist. di Pap., Firenze, Italy

Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

Bibl. Medicea, Firenze, Italy

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo, Egypt

Chester Beatty Papyrus – Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4449), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4401), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4402), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4403), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4404), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4406), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4445), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4446), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4447), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4448), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4494), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4495), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4496), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4497), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4498), Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4499), Oxford, England; Österr. Nat. Bibl., Vienna, Austria

Staats-u. Univ. Bibl., Hamburg, Germany

Univ., Seminar für Ägyptologie, Cologne, Germany[TOP]

Uncials (Majuscules)

Gregory-Aland Number

Codex Sinaiticus – discovered at St. Catherine monastery at Mt. Sinai in mid-19th C. In addition to the NT, it preserves part of the O.T., the Epistle of Barnabas, and part of the Shepherd of Hermas. A member of the Alexandrian type of text. "In the New Testament, particularly in the Gospels and Acts, Sinaiticus and Vaticanus very frequently agree against the overwhelming majority of later manuscripts" (Metzger, Manuscripts, 78). British Library, London.

Codex Alexandrinus – arrived in England in the early 17th C. as a gift to King James I from the patriarch of Alexandria. Text is mixed: Byzantine in the Gospels, Alexandrian (with some Western readings) in the Epistles. Metzger states it has the best text available for the Apocalypse. British Library, London.

Codex Vaticanus – its N.T. text is regarded as the purest example of the Alexandrian type of text. Vatican Library.

Codex Ephraemi – text had to be restored in modern times after it was scrubbed off so the manuscript could be reused for the text of treatises and sermons of Ephaem, a fourth-century Syrian church father. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Codex Bezae or Cantabrigiensis – Greek-Latin text in parallel columns. One of the leading witnesses to the Western text. Has more distinctive readings than any other known N.T. manuscript, including "the free addition (and occasional omission) or words, sentences, and even incidents" (Metzger, Manuscripts, 89). Cambridge University Library.

Codex Claromontanus – Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Codex Basiliensis – Université Bibliothèque, Basel, Switzerland

Codex Laudianus 35 – A Greek-Latin text of Acts. Bodleian Library, Oxford

Codex Sangermanensis – St. Petersburg, Russia

Codex Boreelianus – University Library, Utrecht, Netherlands

Codex Augiensis – Trinity College, Cambridge, England

Codex Wolfii A – British Museum, London

Codex Boernerianus – Saxon State Library, Dresden, Germany

Codex Wolfii B – Hamburg, Germany

Codex Mutinensis – Grand Ducal Library, Modena, Italy

Codex Coislinianus – Laura monastery, Mt. Athos, Greece

Washingtonensis (or Freerianus) – Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Codex Cyprius – Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Codex Mosquensis – History Museum, Moscow, Russia

Codex Regius – Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Codex Angelicus, formerly designated G – Angelican Library, Rome

Codex Campianus – Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus – deluxe MS with gold ink for contractions of God and Jesus. Imperial Library, St. Petersburg, Russia (and numerous other museums)

Codex Sinpopensis – deluxe MS written with gold ink on purple vellum. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Herzog-August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

Codex Porphyrianus – Public Library, St. Petersburg, Russia

Herzog-August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

Codex Nitriensis – British Museum, London

Vatican Library, Rome

Codex Borgianus (+ 0113, 0125, 0139) – Collegium de Poppaganda Fide, Rome

Library of San Marco, Venice, Italy

Codex Mosquensis – John 8:39-end is in cursive writing, hence the designation 250^{e. History Museum, Moscow, Russia}

Codex Washingtonianus – Mixed text: Byzantine in Matthew and last two-thirds of Luke; Western in first half of Mark; Caesarean in the rest of Mark; and Alexandrian in the first third of Luke and most of John. The rest of John was added later and is a mix with some Alexandrian and some Western readings. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Codex Monacensis – University Library, Munich, Germany

University Library, Cambridge, England

Codex Dublinensis – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Bodleian Library, Oxford

Codex Sangallensis – Striftsbibliothek, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Codex Koridethi – Byzantine text in Matthew, Luke, and John; Caesarean in Mark. Institute Rukopisey, Tbilisi, Georgia

Codex Tischendorfianus III – Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

Codex Zacynthius – British & Foreign Bible Society, London

Codex Petropolitanus – State Public Library, St. Petersburg, Russia

Codex Rossanensis – Curia arcivescoville, Rossano, Italy

Codex Beratinus – Staatsarchiv, Tirana, Albania

Codex Athous Laurae – Laura monastery on Mt. Athos, Greece

Codex Athous Dionysiou – Dionysius monastery on Mt. Athos, Greece

Codex Vaticanus 2066 – Vatican Library, Rome

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey

Vatican Library, Rome

Laura monastery on Mt. Athos, Greece

National Library, Athens, Greece

Pantokratoros monastery on Mt. Athos, Greece

Pantokratoros monastery on Mt. Athos, Greece

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany

Vatican Library, Rome

Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany

Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

+ 0215 – Österreiches National Bibliothek, Vienna, Austria

Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany

+ 0117

+ 074, 090

+ 0110, 0124, 0178, 0179, 0180, 0190, 0191, 0193, 0202

+ 084

see 064

see 0285

+ 0112, 0235

see 073

+ 092b

see 0293

see 064

see 0293

see 087

+ 0123

see ⁹⁶³

+ 0138

+ 0119

see 070

see 083

see T/029

see ⁹⁶⁵

see 063

see 0106

see also 0121b, 0243

see 0243

Hort's O^d

see 095

see 070

see T/029

see ¹⁵⁷⁵

see also 0273

+ 0137

see 0136

see 0102

see T/029

see 0187

Formerly T¹ (talisman)

Formerly O^1-20 (ostraca)

see 070

see 070

see 070

+ 0224

see 070

see 070

see ¹⁶⁰⁴

see 070

same as 0124 (for which cf. 070)

same as 0100

see 070

see ¹⁵⁷⁵

see ¹⁵⁷⁵

Diatessaron (?)

see 059

see 0186

see 083

+ 0121b

formerly part of 0133

see ⁹⁶²

+ 081

Città del Vaticano, Vat. gr. 2061

Ashmolean Museum (P.Oxy. 4500), Oxford, England

Inst. f. Altertumskunde, Cologne, Germany

Univ. Library, Cambridge, England

De Hamel Collection, Cambridge, England

De Hamel Collection, Cambridge, England

De Hamel Collection, Cambridge, England

De Hamel Collection, Cambridge, England

De Hamel Collection, Cambridge, England

Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

University Library, Cambridge, England

Pierpont Morgan Library, New York [TOP]

Cursives (Minuscules)

Gregory-Aland Number

Lead MS of "Family 1," also known as or f¹ or "The Lake Family" after scholar Kirsopp Lake who identified them in 1902. Rest of group are cursives 118, 131, & 209.

Officially renumbered 2814

Officially renumbered 2815

Lead MS of "family 13," also known as f¹³ or "The Ferrar Group," after scholar William H. Ferrar, who identified the first four of them in 1868. Rest of group are cursives 69, 124, 174, 230, 346, 543, 788, 826, 828, 983, 1689, and 1709.

called "Queen of the Cursives" – Alexandrian text with some Byzantine readings

Officially renumbered 2818

60^r officially renumbered 2821 (60^e is still 60)

First Greek MS discovered with "heavenly witnesses" passage (1 John 5:7-8). Metzger says it "gives every appearance of having been produced expressly for the purpose of confuting Erasmus" who had refused to print it in his edition of the Greek NT because not one Greek MS had the reading.

Member of "Family 13" (f¹³)

Member of "Family 1" (f¹)

Member of "Family 13" (f¹³)

Member of "Family 1" (f¹)

Member of "Family 13" (f¹³)

Member of "Family 1" (f¹)

Member of "Family 13" (f¹³)

Bound with 442 (hence their common numbering)

Bound with 441 (hence their common numbering)

Hort's 102^a

Member of "Family 13" (f¹³)

Hort's 81

Member of "Family 13" (f¹³)

Member of "Family 13" (f¹³)

Member of "Family 13" (f¹³)