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Papyrus 2052
- Record Id:
- 040-002105421
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000129
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108231.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2052
- Title:
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Fragment of Old Latin Genesis (P.Lond.Lit. 200, P.Oxy. VIII 1073, TM 62044, LDAB 3203)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of Old Latin Genesis containing 5:4-13, 29-31, 6:1-2.
It preserves some verses not otherwise attested (vv. 3-7; 15-25; 30-31) and it cites a text not always coincident with other witnesses. Some divergences may be attributed to inexact quotation, others to a different recension, perhaps close to the Greek tradition (e.g. vv. 28-30). First assigned to the fourth century (Hunt; Milne) and then to the end of the fifth (Lowe; Mercati; Radiciotti; Ammirati).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105421 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2052 : Fragment of Old Latin Genesis (P.Lond.Lit. 200, P.Oxy. VIII 1073, TM 62044, LDAB 3203) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0830]/040-002105421
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a vellum leaf from a parchment codex, written on both sides. Each side preserves one column of 25 lines, although the original manuscript was laid out in two columns per side. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108231.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0475
- End Date:
- 0499
- Date Range:
- end of 5th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 170 x 55 mm (writing space likely originally c. 155 x 150).
Script: Early well formed uncial hand. The layout is accurate: the verses are grouped into short paragraphs, the beginnings of which are marked by an enlarged capital letter projected into the left margin. A mid dot is used before and after numerals, except when the numeral is at the start or at the end of the column. There are occasional mid stops. Contractions and abbreviations occur sparingly.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchie nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2040-2075 by the Egypt Exploration Fund on 3 September 1914.
- Former External References:
- CPL 49
ChLA II 209
P. Lond. Lit. 200
P. Oxy. VIII 1073 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1969), vol. I p. 477.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. VIII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1911), pp. 1-4, no. 1073.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1927), p. 164, no. 200.
E. A. Lowe, Codices Latini Antiquiores, Vol. 2, Oxford 1935, p. 26, no. 209.
G. Mercati, ‘PSI XIII 1306’, in M. Norsa (ed.), Papiri greci e latini. Vol. XIII (Firenze: Tipografia Ariani 1949), p. 88.
R. Cavenaile, Corpus Papyrorum Latinarum (Wiesbaden 1958), pp. 127-128, no. 49.
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), p. 363, no. 1202.
P. Radiciotti, ‘PSI XII 1272’, in G. Cavallo, E. Crisci, G. Messeri, R. Pintaudi (eds.), Scrivere libri e documenti nel mondo antico. Mostra di Papiri della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 25 agosto – 25 settembre 1998 (Pap.Flor. XXX), (Firenze: Gonnelli 1998), p. 171.
R. Gryson, Altlateinische Handschriften. Vol. I: Mss. 1-275 (Freiburg: Herder 1999), nr. 105.
S. Ammirati, Sul libro latino antico. Ricerche bibliologiche e paleografiche (Pisa-Roma: Serra 2015), p. 81.
Metadata provided by the PLATINUM project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement nº 636983), University of Naples 'Federico II'.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)