A Papyrus Codex of Paul’s Letters in Greek

Abstract This article revisits the question of whether P65 ( PSI XIV 1373) and P49 (P.Yale I 2 + II 86) should be considered as parts of two different codices or part of a single codex containing a collection of Paul’s letters. While the similarity of the scripts of these two manuscripts has long been recognized, the two fragments have not been subjected to a thorough codicological comparison. This article examines the scripts of P65 and P49, selected scribal and codicological details of the fragments, and what can be known about the provenance of these papyri. The evidence examined points to the conclusion that these two fragmentary folia very probably came from the same single-quire codex containing a collection of Paul’s letters and should be listed as a single manuscript rather than two separate manuscripts in the various catalogs and databases.