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Papyrus 455 and 1849
- Record Id:
- 040-002104826
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00015b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128171.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 455 and 1849
- Title:
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Lections for Lent (P.Lond.Lit. 234, TM 65202, LDAB 6444)
- Scope & Content:
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Leaf of a papyrus codex containing a directory for the readings of Saturday and Sunday services from Quinquagesima Sunday until Palm Sunday. The readings include a Psalm, a Pauline epistle, and a Gospel (usually Matthew); incipits of the readings are provided.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104826 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 455 and 1849 : Lections for Lent (P.Lond.Lit. 234, TM 65202, LDAB 6444) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0324]/040-002104826
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Light-brown leaf from a papyrus codex, with a darker stain at the top on the front, partly mutilated at the sides and broken off at the top. It originally consisted of four fragments, two inventoried as Papyrus 455 and two as Papyrus 1849.
It bears writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears portions of 24 lines, the back parts of 21 lines. The ink has turned brown. The papyrus is housed in a glass case named Papyrus 455+1849.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128171.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 260 x 244 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 305 x 315 mm.
Script: Large and thick uncial, slightly sloping to the right; abbreviations widely used.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Papyrus 455 was purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 450-458 and Coptic papyri from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) in March 1893 and transferred from the Oriental Department of the British Museum in November 1893. Papyrus 1849 was part of a lot comprising Papyri 1848-1857 taken from the Assyrian Keeper’s room of the British Museum in 1910.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 234
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 450.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 315.
H. J. M. Milne, ‘Early Psalms and Lections for Lent’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 10 (1924), pp. 278-282.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1927), p. 197, no. 234 descr.
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), no. 935 descr.
Á. T. Mihálykó, The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction (Tübingen: Mohr Siebek 2019), pp. 34, 161, 172, 223, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)