Papyrus Bodmer XIX explained

Codex Bodmer XIX is a Coptic uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, dated palaeographically to the 4th or 5th century.^[1] It contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 14:28-28:20; Epistle to the Romans 1:1-2:3. It is written in the Sahidic dialect of the Coptic language.^[2]

The two books are paginated separately in the codex. According to Kasser four scribes worked on the manuscript: one wrote the text of Matthew, one who wrote the text of Romans, and two later correctors.^[2]

The text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.

It was published by Rodolphe Kasser in 1962.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (P. Bodmer XIX) in Cologny along with other manuscripts from the Bodmer Papyri.^[2]

See also

• List of the Coptic New Testament manuscripts
• Coptic versions of the Bible
• Biblical manuscript

Further reading

• Rodolphe Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer XIX, Évangile de Matthieu XIV, 28-XXVIII, 20, Épître aux Romains I. 1-II.3 en sahidique (Cologny-Geneva, 1962).

Notes and References

1. Book: Robinson. James M.. UNESCO. The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices. 1984. E. J. Brill. 74.
2. [Bruce M. Metzger]
3. Rodolphe Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer XIX, Évangile de Matthieu XIV, 28-XXVIII, 20, Épître aux Romains I. 1-II.3 en sahidique (Cologny-Geneva, 1962).