COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 466
Side:
verso
Image Number:
JRL15060012
Image Title:
Byzantine hymns
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Hymns
Subject:
Religion
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 3 466
Description:
Fragment probably originally used as a choir slip which contains two hymns. The writing on the verso runs in the opposite direction to the recto indicating the fragment is a single sheet, not part of a codex. Lower part is a palimpsest; a few Greek letters are visible on the recto. Acquired in 1920.
Date created:
7th century CE
Time period covered:
500 - 1000 CE
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc
Item height:
226 mm
Item width:
119 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Arsinoites (mod. Fayum)
Bibliography:
Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0466v
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2015-06-05
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Byzantine hymns
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