Papyrus 84
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| form = Papyrus | number = 𝔓84 | image =Lowen, Catholic University Library Ms P.A.M. Khirbet Mird 4, 11, 26, 27 (Papyrus 84) fragments 1 recto Mark 6, 36-37.jpg | isize = | caption=Fragments 1 recto, Mark 6:36-37 | name = | sign = | text = Mark 2; 5 †; John 5; 17 † | script = Greek | date = c. 500-600 | found = Egypt | now at = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | cite = unpublished | size = | type = Mixed or Byzantine Text-Type | cat = III | hand = | note =
Papyrus 84 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓84, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the four Gospels. The surviving texts of Gospels are verses Mark 2:2-5,8-9; 6:30-31,33-34,36-37,39-41; John 5:5; 17:3,7-8. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th century.
; Text The Greek text of this codex probably is mixed with strong element of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.{{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 = 101 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} Divisive clustering analysis of INTF data for Mark places P84's text in the same branch as lectionaries L770, L773, L211, L387, L950, and L60.
; Location It is currently housed at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Library (P. A. M. Khirbet Mird, Greek 1–3; formerly P. A. M. Khirbet Mird 4, 11, 26, 27).
References
References
- Published in S. Verhelst, ''Les fragments du Castellion (Kh. Mird) des évangiles de Marc et de Jean (P84)'', ''Le Muséon'', 116 (2003), 15-44.
- "Liste Handschriften". Institute for New Testament Textual Research.
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