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Sayings of Jesus: P.Oxy 5575
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 5575 (P.Oxy. 5575)
Greek; papyrus roll; 2nd century; preserves sayings of Jesus cognate to Matthew 6, Luke 12, and the Gospel of Thomas 27, 36, and 63.
Online image: P.Oxy 5575
The Gospel of Thomas
Nag Hammadi Codex II, Tractate 2 (NHC II, 2)
Coptic; papyrus codex; 4th/5th century; preserves essentially the complete Gospel of Thomas.
Online images: NHC II, pages 32-51Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 654 (P.Oxy. 654)
Greek; papyrus roll; middle/late 3rd century; preserves parts Gospel of Thomas Prologue+1-7.
Online images: P.Oxy. 654Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 655 (P.Oxy. 655)
Greek; papyrus roll; 3rd century; preserves fragments of Gospel of Thomas 24, 36-39.
Online images: P.Oxy. 655Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1 (P.Oxy. 1)
Greek; papyrus codex; late 2nd/early 3rd century; preserves most of Gospel of Thomas 26-30+77, 31-33.Online images: Grenfell, Bernard P. and Hunt, Arthur S., ΛΟΓΙΑ ΙΗΣΟΥ: Sayings of Our Lord from an Early Greek Papyrus (London: Henry Frowde), 1897
Online images: P.Oxy. 1, verso (↓), recto (→)
The Gospel of Mary
Berlin Codex 8502, Tractate 1 (BG 8502, 1)
Coptic; papyrus codex; 5th century; preserves about half the Gospel of Mary (pages 1-19 of the codex with pages 1-6 and 11-14 lost.)
Online images: The cover of BG 8502Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 3525 (P.Oxy. 3525)
Greek; papyrus roll; 3rd century; preserves a version of the text found in BG 8502 9.5-10.13.
Online images: P. Oxy. 3525Rylands Papyrus 463 (P.Ryl. 463)
Greek; papyrus codex; early 3rd century; a version of the text found in BG 8502 17.5-19.5.
Online images: P. Ryl. 463, recto (→), verso (↓)
The Gospel of Judas
Codex Tchacos, Tractate 3
Coptic; papyrus codex; late 4th/early 5th century; preserves more than 90% of the Gospel of Judas.
A team of scholars selected by National Geographic initially collated and photographed the available fragments of this badly damaged manuscript; then additional fragments from the codex were recovered and photographed. Gregor Wurst has used the various images to create provisional digital reconstructions of a number of pages in Codex Tchacos, filling many previous gaps in the text of the Gospel of Judas.
Online images: Codex Tchacos, pages 33-58 (zip file) (National Geographic).
Online images: Codex Tchacos, pages 37, 38, 41, 42, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 (University of Augsburg).
The Gospel of Philip
Nag Hammadi Codex II, Tractate 3 (NHC II, 3)
Coptic; papyrus codex; 4th/5th century; preserves essentially the complete Gospel of Philip (pages 51-86).
Online images: NHC II, pages 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86
The Gospel of Truth
Nag Hammadi Codex I, Tractate 3 (NHC I, 3) and Codex XII, Tractate 2 (NHC XII, 2)
Coptic; papyrus codex; 4th/5th century; preserves essentially the complete Gospel of Truth (Codex I pages 16-43 and fragments from a second version in Codex XII pages 53,54,57-60).
Online images: NHC I, pages 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43 (Claremont Colleges Digital Library).
The Gospel of Peter
The Akhmim Fragment (P.Cair. 10759)
Greek; parchment codex; late 6th century; preserves what has been labeled Gospel of Peter vv. 1-60.
Online images: The Ahkmim fragment, pages 2-10Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 2949 (P.Oxy. 2949)
Greek; papyrus roll; late 2nd/early 3rd century; preserves text possibly from an alternative version of Gospel of Peter vv. 3-5.
Online images: P.Oxy. 2949Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 4009 (P.Oxy. 4009)
Greek; papyrus codex; 2nd century; preserves otherwise unattested text possibly from a lost portion of the Gospel of Peter.
Online images: P.Oxy. 4009
The Unknown Gospel: Egerton Papyrus 2
Egerton Papyrus 2 (P.Egerton 2)
Greek; papyrus codex; late 2nd/early 3rd century; preserves part of an unidentified early Christian gospel.
Online images: Fragments 1-3, recto (→), Fragments 1-3, verso (↓)Köln Papyrus 255 (P.Köln 255)
Greek; papyrus roll; late 2nd/early 3rd century; a part of P.Egerton 2, fragment 1 that adds approximately five lines of text to each side of the fragment.
Online images: P.Köln 255
The Secret Book of James
Nag Hammadi Codex I, Tractate 2 (NHC I, 2)
Coptic; papyrus codex; 4th/5th century; preserves essentially the complete Secret Book of James (pages 1-16).
Online images: NHC I, page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (Claremont Colleges Digital Library).
The Infancy Gospel of James
Over 140 manuscripts containing the Greek text of the Infancy Gospel of James have been recovered. Scholars have divided the manuscripts into five families.
Most important manuscript: Papyrus Bodmer V
Greek; papyrus codex; late 3rd/early 4th centuryOnline images: The Bodmer “Composite” codex containing the Infancy Gospel of James
Online images: Papyrus Bodmer V pages 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41, 42-43, 44-45, 46-47, 48, 49
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
Though the Infancy Gospel of Thomas exists in several Greek manuscripts, early manuscripts in other ancient languages more closely approximate the earliest Greek manuscript, Hagios Saba 259 (11th century).
Online images: Hagios Saba 259 pages 66 recto, 66 verso and 67 recto, 67 verso and 68 recto, 68 verso and 69 recto, 69 verso and 70 recto, 70 verso and 71 recto, 71 verso and 72 recto (Library of Congress Collection of Manuscripts in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem).
The Stranger’s Book
Codex Tchacos, Tractate 4
Coptic; papyrus codex; late 4th/early 5th century; preserves an unknown portion of the The Stranger’s Book.
Online images: Codex Tchacos, pages 63, 64, 65, 66, Conclusion (University of Augsburg).Online images: Lafayette College fragment of pages 59 and 60 (Lafayette College Papyrus).
The Odes of Solomon
For manuscript information about The Odes of Solomon, see Nuhra.net.