Papyrus 42

title: "Papyrus 42" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["new-testament-papyri", "7th-century-biblical-manuscripts", "greek-coptic-diglot-manuscripts-of-the-new-testament", "biblical-manuscripts-in-the-austrian-national-library", "gospel-of-luke-papyri"] topic_path: "geography/austria" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_42" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
|form =Papyrus |number=42 |image=Vienna, Austrian National Library Pap. K. 8706 (Papyrus 42) recto Luke 1, 46–51 (Coptic).jpg |isize= |caption=Recto Luke 1:46–51 |name = Papyrus Vindobonensis |sign =𝔓42 |text =Luke 1:54-55+2:29-32 (Greek) Luke 1:46-51 (Coptic) |script=Greek/Coptic |date = 6th/7th century |found= |now at=Vienna, Österr. Nationalbibliothek, Pap. K. 8706 |cite = |size = 14x8 (27x18) cm |type= Alexandrian text-type |cat = II |hand= |note= Papyrus 42 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓42, is a small fragment of six verses from the Gospel of Luke dating to the 6th/7th century. The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some Byzantine readings. Aland placed it in Category II.{{Cite book |last1=Aland |first1=Kurt |author-link=Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) |title=The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism |publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |year=1995 |location=Grand Rapids |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC |isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Vienna,_Austrian_National_Library_Pap._K.8706(Papyrus_42)_verso_Luke_1,_54–55;_2,_29–32.jpg" caption="Verso Luke 1:54–55; 2:29–32"] ::
The manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library P. Vindob. K. 8706 at Vienna.
References
References
- "New Testament Transcripts Prototype".
- "Liste Handschriften". Institute for New Testament Textual Research.
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