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Papyrus 2037
- Record Id:
- 040-002105404
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000116
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123557.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2037
- Title:
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Hymn in Honour of Patriarch Severus (P.Lond.Lit. 237, TM 65199, LDAB 6441), Evening Hymn (P.Lond.Lit. 244, TM 65200, LDAB 6442), Homer, Iliad IX (P.Lond.Lit. 18, TM 60830, LDAB 1958, MP3 836) Pseudo-Eusebius, Sermo 17 (P.Lond.Lit. 245, TM 62677, LDAB 3865, MP3 2638), Anaphora of St. Mark and Prayer of Thanksgiving (P.Lond.Lit. 232, TM 65198, LDAB 6440)
- Scope & Content:
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A (P.Lond.Lit. 237, TM 65199, LDAB 6441): Metrical hymn in honour of Patriarch Severus of Antioch (5-6th c.). The preserved part mentions the singers of the hymn as praising Severus. 8th century.
B (P.Lond.Lit. 244, TM 65200, LDAB 6442): Fragment of an evening hymn known since the 4th century and still in use in Byzantine vespers. Late 7th – early 8th century. The back contains remnants of a protocoll.
C (P.Lond.Lit. 18, TM 60830, LDAB 1958, MP3 836): A fragment of Homer, Iliad IX 103-123, 155-178. 3rd century.
D (P.Lond.Lit. 245, TM 62677, LDAB 3865, MP3 2638, van Haelst 943): Fragment of homily (Sermo 17) of Pseudo-Eusebius (3rd-4th century). 6th century.
E-F (P.Lond.Lit. 232, TM 65198, LDAB 6440, van Haelst 934): Parchment fragment containing on the front thanksgiving and beginning of intercessions of the Anaphora of St. Mark. The back contains a prayer of thanksgiving after communion and ends with a space (vacat) which might indicate the end of the service. Late 6th-early 7th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105404 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2037 : Hymn in Honour of Patriarch Severus (P.Lond.Lit. 237, TM 65199, LDAB 6441), Evening Hymn (P.Lond.Lit. 244, TM 65200, LDAB 6442),… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0828]/040-002105404
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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The frame contains five fragments: two come from a papyrus sheet, one from a papyrus codex, one from parchment codex and another from a parchment sheet or rotulus.
A: Fragment of a papyrus sheet, writing on one side only across the fibres, mounted in glass. Complete on the left and right margin, incomplete on the top and the bottom.
b: Fragment of a papyrus sheet. Incomplete on all sides. Two fragmentary lines written along the fibres.
c: Fragment of a papyrus codex. Written in black ink along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.
d: Fragment of a parchment codex written on both sides with a brownish ink.
E-F: Two joined fragments of a parchment sheet or rotulus, complete only at the bottom. Written on both sides in black ink.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123557.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0799
- Date Range:
- 3rd century-8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus and parchment.
Dimensions: a: 52 mm x 195 mm; b: 30 mm x 138 mm; c: 88 x 104 mm, d: 126 x 67 mm, e-f: 110 x 840 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 385 x 250 mm.
Script: a: Written in four long legible lines across the fibres in a sloping uncial. Residue of ink in the fifth line. Common orthographic mistakes are made. The back is blank.
b: Two fragmentary lines written parallel to the fibers in a sloping uncial.
c: Written in black ink parallel to the fibers on the front and against them on the back in a neat book hand. Some accents occur.
d: Written on both sides with a brownish ink in a professional book hand.
e-f:. Written on both sides with black ink in an upright, informal hand. Abbreviations and a nomen sacrum (abbreviation for a theologically important word) occur.
- Custodial History:
- Purchased from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) in 1893 but not previously numbered. Accessioned in 1913.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 18
P.Lond.Lit. 232
P.Lond.Lit. 237
P.Lond.Lit. 244
P.Lond.Lit. 245 - Finding Aids:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) in 1893 and numbered in 1913.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 (London: British Museum 1925), p. 476.
a :
W. E. Crum, ‘Sévère d’Antioche en Égypte’, Revue de l’Or. Chrét. 3 Sér. iii (1922-1923), p. 92-104.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees 1927), nr. 237.
E. O'Leary De Lacy, ‘Severus of Antioch in Egypt’, Aegyptus 32 (1952), pp. 425-436.
J. Van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Sorbonne 1976), no. 937.
E. Lucchesi, ‘La version copte de l'homélie LX de Sévère d'Antioche’, Aegyptus 84 (2004) pp. 207-216.
E. Lucchesi, ‘Hymnes de Sévère et sur Sévère’, Aegyptus 88 (2008) pp. 165-197.
Á.T. Mihálykó, Writing the Christian Liturgy in Egypt (3-9th c.). Diss. (Oslo 2016), p. 365 and passim.
b:
H.J.M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees 1927), nr. 244.
J. Van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Sorbonne 1976), no. 942.
A. Tripolitis, ‘Φῶς Ιλαρόν. Ancient Hymn and Modern Enigma,’ Vigiliae Christianae 24 (1970) pp. 189-196.
Á.T. Mihálykó, Writing the Christian Liturgy in Egypt (3-9th c.). Diss. (Oslo 2016), p. 366 and passim.
c:
H.J.M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees 1927), nr. 18.
E.G. Turner, The Typology of the Early Codex (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1978), p. 106.
d:
H.J.M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees 1927), nr. 245.
J. Van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Sorbonne 1976), nr. 943.
M. Gronewald, ‘Kein durchtriebener Räuber (P. Lit. Lond. 245 = Ps. Eusebius, Sermo 17),’ Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 34 (1979) pp. 22-5.
e-f:
H.J.M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees 1927), nr. 232.
S. G. Mercati, ‘L’anafora di S. Marco riconosciuta in un frammento membranaceo del Museo Britannico,’ Aegyptus 30 (1950) pp. 3-7.
J. Van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Sorbonne 1976), nr. 934.
G. J. Cuming, The Liturgy of St Mark (Rome: Pontificium Institutum Studiorum Orientalium 1990), p. 63.
J. Hammerstaedt, Griechische Anaphorenfragmente aus Ägypten und Nubien (Pap.Colon. XXVIII, Opladen: Spinger Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1995), nr. 2.
Á.T. Mihálykó, Writing the Christian Liturgy in Egypt (3-9th c.). Diss. (Oslo 2016), p. 109, 365 and passim.
Metadata provided by attendees of the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)