A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Gr. class. d. 56 (P)

Summary Catalogue no.: 32456

Trismegistos no.: 987698

Contents

Letter to Kyriakos requesting the intervention of a bishop.
Ed. Sophie Kovarik and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer, 'The Lady, the Radish Oil, and the Bishop: Two Byzantine Letters from the Bodleian Library', Pylon 4 (2023), §§42-54. https://doi.org/10.1515/apf-2023-0020
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: sheet
Support: papyrus
Extent: Papyrus sheet, complete with 6 lines preserved on the recto and two on the back.
Dimensions: 82 × 290 mm.

Condition

Wormholes around the centre resulting in the loss of some letters.

History

Origin: 5th century or 6th century ; Egyptian

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired from the Fayûm

Given to the Bodleian Library on 20 October 1896 by Frederick C. Conybeare

Record Sources

Summary description based on the edition by Kovarik and Zellman-Rohrer. Previously described in the Summary Catalogue.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-03: Revised with reference to published edition.