Papyrus 42

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Name Papyrus Vindobonensis Script Greek/Coptic		Date 6th/7th century
Sign P {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}} Text Luke 1:54-55+2:29-32 (Greek)Luke 1:46-51 (Coptic) Now at Vienna, Österr. Nationalbibliothek, Pap. K. 8706 Similar Papyrus 9, Papyrus 75, Papyrus 46, Papyrus 66, Papyrus 4

Papyrus 42 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by P ⁴², 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.

The manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library P. Vindob. K. 8706 at Vienna.

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