| New Testament manuscript | |
 Left to right: Fragment 1 recto, Rev 9:19-20; fragment 1 verso, 10:5-6; fragment 2 recto 10:7-8; fragment 2 verso, Rev 9:20-10:1; fragment 3 verso, Rev 10:9; fragment 3 recto Rev 10:1-2 | |
| Text | Book of Revelation 9-10 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 4th / 5th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire |
| Cite | J. Schwartz, Papyrus et tradition manuscrite, ZPE 4 (Bonn: 1969), pp. 178-182. |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Papyrus 85 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓85, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century (or the 5th century).
The surviving texts of Revelation are verses 9:19-10:2,5-9.
- Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.1
- Location
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire (P. Gr. 1028) in Strasbourg.12
References
References
- Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
Further reading
Further reading
- J. Schwartz, Papyrus et tradition manuscrite, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 7 (Bonn: 1969), pp. 178–182.