Papyrus 56
New Testament manuscript
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Papyrus 56 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓56, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains only Acts 1:1.4-5.7.10-11.
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| New Testament manuscript | |
Fragment 1 recto Acts 1:1, 1:4-6 | |
| Name | Papyrus Vindobonensis Graecus 19918 |
|---|---|
| Text | Acts 1 † |
| Date | 5th / 6th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek |
| Cite | P. Sanz, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung de österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 65-66. |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 5th century (or 6th century).[1]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
It is currently housed at the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library (Pap. Vindob. G. 19918) in Vienna.[1][2]
Fragment 1 verso Acts 1:7, 1:11
Fragment 2 recto Acts 1:1-5
Fragment 2 verso Acts 1:7-11
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