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John Rylands University Library of Manchester. Manuscript. Papyrus Rylands ...

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Corporate name headingJohn Rylands University Library of Manchester. Manuscript. Papyrus Rylands 52
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Variant(s)John Rylands University Library of Manchester. Manuscript. P52
John Rylands University Library of Manchester. Manuscript. Greek 457
St. John's Fragment
Saint John's fragment
Form of workManuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
Beginning date[0100..0150]
Place of originManchester (England) Egypt
AffiliationJohn Rylands University Library of Manchester
Found inAnnwn, David. The Saint John's fragment, 2015: afterword (the St. John's fragment, a papyrus fragment which is now in the collection of the Rylands Library at the University of Manchester (Rylands Library Papyrus P52), dated between 100 and 150 CE and thought to be the earliest extant manuscript of a New Testament text)]
Wikipedia, 3 April 2015 (Rylands Library Papyrus P52; also known as the St. John's Fragment; accession number Papyrus Rylands Greek 457; fragment of a papyrus codex measuring 3.5 x 2.5 inches; conserved with the Rylands Papyri at the John Rylands University Library, Manchester; recto contains parts of John 18:31-33; verso contains parts of John 18:37-38; generally accepted as the earliest extant manuscript of a New Testament text; purchased in 1920 by Bernard Grenfell in Egypt)