What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to provide critical editions of four Christian papyri housed in the Bodleian Library.

March 19, 2026

Four Christian Papyri in Oxford

Key Points

The aim is to provide critical editions of four Christian papyri housed in the Bodleian Library.
Presented editions based on fragments from the monastery of Saint Apollo
Examined various forms including hymns and doxologies
Analyzed historical context and possible reuse of materials
One manuscript is a complete hymn.
Another contains a doxology and trisagion, with cryptographic reuse on the back.
A third fragment is identified as a small scrap with a trisagion.
The fourth is linked to an uncertain genre, potentially a hymn.

Abstract

Abstract This paper presents editions of four papyri from the collection of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Three of the papyri come from the site of the monastery of Saint Apollo at Deir el-Bala’izah. All of the fragments are Christian and belong to around the sixth or seventh century. (1) MS Gr. liturg. f. 1 (P) is a hymn, preserved in complete form. (2) MS Gr. liturg. f. 3 (P) is a papyrus with a doxology and trisagion, the back of which seems to have been reused for cryptography. (3) MS Gr. th. e. 11 (P) is a small scrap with a trisagion. (4) MS Gr. liturg. g. 1 (P) belongs to a work of uncertain genre, perhaps a hymn.

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