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Papyrus 2921
- Record Id:
- 040-003797011
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118094949.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120697189.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2921
- Title:
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Didymus the Blind, Commentary on Psalms 33, 34 and 36 (TM 59674, LDAB 776)
- Scope & Content:
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Portion of a papyrus codex containing Didymus the Blind’s Commentary on Psalms 20-44 (Tura Codex V), recording his lectures on the Psalms, which consist of questions and answers, with detailed comments on words and phrases. The codex is a palimpsest, and traces of the underlying text, written at 90 degrees to the upper text, are still visible in places.
Papyrus 2921(A):
Commentary on Psalm 36: 29-33 on one side, and on Psalm 36: 34-38 on the other side.
Papyrus 2921(B):
Commentary on Psalm 36: 11-12 (left-hand page), and on Psalm 36: 22-23 (right-hand page) on one side; commentary on Psalm 36: 24 (left-hand page), and on Psalm 36: 9-11 (right-hand page) on the other side.
Papyrus 2921(C):
Commentary on Psalm 34: 4-7 (left-hand page), and commentary on Psalm 33: 6-7 (right-hand page) on one side; commentary on Psalm 33: 7-8 (left-hand page), and commentary on Psalm 34: 3-4 (right-hand page) on the other side.
Papyrus 2921(D):
Commentary on Psalm 36:12-21 (pages 247-50 of the codex).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003797011 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2921 : Didymus the Blind, Commentary on Psalms 33, 34 and 36 (TM 59674, LDAB 776) - Contains:
- Papyrus 2921(A) : Commentary on Psalm 36:29-38
Papyrus 2921(B) : Commentary on Psalm 36:9-12, 22-24
Papyrus 2921(C) : Commentary on Psalms 33: 6-8 and 34:3-7
Papyrus 2921(D) : Commentary on Psalm 36:12-21
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Papyrus 2921 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2240]/040-003797011
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Seven leaves (three bifolia, one folio) of a papyrus codex (Codex V of the Tura papyri), housed in four glass frames, named Papyrus 2921(A), Papyrus 2921(B), Papyrus 2921(C), and Papyrus 2921(D). The original codex was made of at least 22 quires, each comprising four or five bifolia, having a total of more than 170 leaves; each page has one column of 29-34 lines. Further leaves from this codex are held by the Papyrussammlung of the Institut für Altertumskunde of the University of Cologne, the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (Genève), the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and the Brigham Young University. The codex is a palimpsest, and traces of the under-text are visible in places.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100120697189.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0420
- End Date:
- 0527
- Date Range:
- 420-527
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Folio: 270 x 245 mm; housed in four glass frames.
Script: Neat and fine upright semi-cursive hand with elongated strokes.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Tura, 1st Lower Egyptian nome, Egypt. Discovered at the Tura quarries during the removal of the rubble in the caverns in 1941; A-C were presented by Miss Nora Ledgard on 12 February 1955; D was acquired at Sotheby's in July 1976, lot 22.
- Publications:
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Adolphe Gesché, ‘L'Âme de Jésus dans la christologie du IVe s.’, Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique, 54 (1959), 385-425.
Michael Gronewald, Didymos der Blinde Psalmenkommentar (Tura-Papyrus) (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 6 and 8) (Bonn: Habelt, 1969-1970), iv, pp. 66-117, and iii, 1969, pp. 232-41, 310-23
Kurt Aland, Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri, 1: Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen (Berlin-New York: W. De Gruyter 1976), AT 97.
Joseph van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1976), no. 957.
Lincoln H. Blumell, The Brigham Young University Papyri I (P. BYU 1). Didymus the Blind's commentary on Psalms 26:10-29:2 and 36:1-3 (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2019).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)