List of Bodmer Papyri

This article is about the 58 papyri in Martin Bodmer's collection. For 22 papyri discovered in Egypt in 1952, purchased by Bodmer, see Bodmer Papyri.

The Bodmer Papyri are a set of Greek and Coptic manuscripts, ranging from the 2nd to the 7th-centuries. These manuscripts were collected between the 1950s and 1960s by Swiss bibliophile, Martin Bodmer, who obtained them across Egypt. Many of these manuscripts are unique or early attestations of important Christian works, such as The Vision of Dorotheus or the Biblical 𝔓⁷⁵, described by the Bodmer Foundation (French: Fondation Bodmer) as "highly important for the history of early Christianity", alongside several classical or Egyptological works, such as the works of Menander and Egyptian land and financial registers. Many of these papyri are parts of larger papyrus codexes, such as the Bodmer Composite Codex or Codex of Visions. These manuscripts, since Bodmer's death, have been scattered across several collections; primarily in the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, these papyri are also found in the Chester Beatty Library, libraries in Mississippi, Cologne, Barcelona and the Vatican. Because of the efforts of the Fondation and many scholars, these manuscripts have been prepared into editiones principes and digitized, allowing for scholarly access.

The following list is based on the catalogues of the Bodmer Lab, Brent Nongbri and Albert Pietersma. The numbering system is based on the abbreviation "Papyrus Bodmer" with an Arabic numeral (e.g. Papyrus Bodmer 23). Where a date range for a papyrus can be ascertained, it is included. The "citation(s)" section refers to the editio princeps of the papyrus, alongside later text revisions or additions. When a papyrus is part of a larger codex, that codex's name is added.

Manuscripts

Number	Date	Content	Citation(s)	Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 1 (I)	3rd/4th-century	Egyptian land list, later turned over and reused to record books 5 & 6 of the Illiad		–
Papyrus Bodmer 2 (II)	2nd/3rd-century	John 1:1-21:9, in Greek. Known as 𝔓66 in Gregory-Aland numbering		–
Papyrus Bodmer 3 (III)	4th-century	John 1:1-21:25 and Genesis 1:1-4:2, in proto-Bohairic Coptic		–
Papyrus Bodmer 4 (IV)	3rd-century	The Dyskolos of Menander in Greek, best preserved text of Menander in the Codex		The Bodmer Menander Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 5 (V)	3rd/4th-century	Text of the apocryphal Protevangelium of James (also known as the Genesis Marias or Infancy Gospel of James)		The Bodmer Composite Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 6 (VI)	4th/5th-century	Proverbs 1:1-21:4, in proto-Theban Coptic		–
Papyrus Bodmer 7 (VII)	3rd/4th-century	Epistle of Jude 1-25, in Greek. Known as 𝔓72 in Gregory-Aland numbering.		The Bodmer Composite Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 8 (VIII)	3rd/4th-century	First and Second Epistle of Peter in Greek. Known as 𝔓72 in Gregory-Aland numbering		The Bodmer Composite Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 9 (IX)	3rd/4th-century	Psalms 33-34, in Greek. Known as Rahlfs 2113 in Rahlfs classification.		The Apology of Phileas and Psalms Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 10 (X)	3rd/4th-century	Apocryphal correspondence of Paul the Apostle and the Corinthians, the Third Epistle to the Corinthians, in Greek		The Bodmer Composite Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 11 (XI)	3rd/4th-century	11th Ode of Solomon, in Greek		The Bodmer Composite Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 12 (XII)	3rd/4th-century	Unidentified fragment of a liturgical hymn in Greek, only extant in 6 lines.		The Bodmer Composite Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 13 (XIII)	3rd/4th-century	Peri Pascha by Melito of Sardis, in Greek.		The Bodmer Composite Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 14 (XIV)	2nd to 4th-century	Luke 3:18-18:18; 22:4-24:53. Earliest manuscript copy of the Lord's Prayer. Known as 𝔓75 in Gregory-Aland numbering		The XIV+XV Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 15 (XV)	2nd to 4th-century	John 1:1-15:8. Known as 𝔓75 in Gregory-Aland numbering		The XIV+XV Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 16 (XVI)	4th-century	Exodus 1:1-15:21, in Sahidic Coptic. The papyrus is preserved in its leather binding.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 17 (XVII)	7th-century	Acts 1:2-28:31; James 1:1-5:20: 1 Peter 1:1-3:5; 2 Peter 2:21-3:16; 1 John 1:1-5:17; 2 John 1-13; 3 John 6, 12; Jude 3-25; in Greek. Known as 𝔓74 in Gregory-Aland numbering		–
Papyrus Bodmer 18 (XVIII)	4th-century	Deuteronomy 1:1-10:7, in Sahidic Coptic		–
Papyrus Bodmer 19 (XIX)	4th/5th-century	Matthew 14:28-28:20; Romans 1:1-2:3; in Sahidic Coptic		–
Papyrus Bodmer 20 (XX)	4th-century	Apology of Phileas, a hagiographical account of the judicial examination of the bishop of Thmuis, Phileas, who was martyred in 306.		The Apology of Phileas and Psalms Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 21 (XXI)	4th-century	Joshua 6:16-25, 7:6-11:23, 22:1-2, 22:19-23:7, 23:15-24:2; in Sahidic Coptic (a portion of the Codex is in the Chester Beatty Library)		–
Papyrus Bodmer 22 (XXII)	4th/5th-century	Jeremiah 40:3-52:34; Lamentations; Epistle of Jeremiah; Baruch 1:1-5:5; in Sahidic Coptic. (The second half of this codex is known as Mississippi Codex II)		–
Papyrus Bodmer 23 (XXIII)	4th-century	Isaiah 47:1-66:24, in Sahidic Coptic		–
Papyrus Bodmer 24 (XXIV)	3rd/4th-century	Psalms 17:46-117:44, in Greek. Known as Rahlfs 2110 in Rahlfs classification		–
Papyrus Bodmer 25 (XXV)	3rd-century	The Samia of Menander, in Greek.		The Bodmer Menander Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 26 (XXVI)	3rd-century	The Aspis of Menander, in Greek.		The Bodmer Menander Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 27 (XXVII)	4th-century	Book 6 of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, in Greek.		The Bodmer Daniel-Thucydides Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 28 (XXVIII)	2nd-century	Fragmentary papyrus roll containing a satyr play with a conversation between Heracles and Atlas		–
Papyrus Bodmer 29 (XXIX)	4th/5th-century	An early Christian epic poem, The Vision of Dorotheus, composed sometime in the 4th-century. Earliest example of dactylic hexameter in Christian poetry and entirely unique to the Bodmer papyri.		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 30 (XXX)	4th/5th-centuries	Pros Abraam, a unique and short (30 line) Greek Christian poem retelling the Binding of Isaac.		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 31 (XXXI)	4th/5th-centuries	A Christian poem, "on the Just", in Greek.		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 32 (XXXII)	4th/5th-centuries	A Christian poem, "[...] of the Lord Jesus", in Greek.		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 33 (XXXIII)	4th/5th-centuries	A Christian poem, "What Would Say Cain Having Murdered [Abel]", in Greek. Part 1 of the "Murder of Abel by Cain".		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 34 (XXXIV)	4th/5th-centuries	A Christian poem, "The Lord to the [...]", in Greek.		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 35 (XXXV)	4th/5th-centuries	A Christian poem, "“[...] Abel Destroyed by Cain", in Greek. Part 2 of the "Murder of Abel by Cain".		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 36 (XXXVI)	4th/5th-centuries	A Christian poem in Greek, whose title has been lost for the codex's damage.		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 37 (XXXVII)	4th/5th-centuries	An unidentified Christian hymn in Greek.		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 38 (XXXVIII)	4th/5th-centuries	The Shepherd of Hermas, visions 1-3, in Greek. A missing 4th vision has been conjectured, but is not extant in the codex.		The Bodmer Codex of Visions
Papyrus Bodmer 39 (XXXIX)		Letter 11b of Pachomius the Great, in Sahidic Coptic	(publication still in progress)	–
Papyrus Bodmer 40 (XL)		The Song of Songs, in Sahidic Coptic.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 41 (XLI)	4th-century	The Acts of Paul, in Sub-Achmimic Coptic		–
Papyrus Bodmer 42 (XLII)	4th to 6th-century	2 Corinthians 10:15-11:12, in Sahidic Coptic.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 43 (XLIII)		Zostrianos, in Sahidic Coptic. Written on a single papyrus leaf.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 44 (XLIV)		Daniel, in Bohairic Coptic. Written on 73 parchment leaves.	(publication in progress)	–
Papyrus Bodmer 45 (XLV)	4th-century	Susanna, (a possibly apocryphal portion of the Book of Daniel) in Theodotion's Greek translation.		The Bodmer Daniel-Thucydides Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 46 (XLVI)	4th-century	Daniel 1:1-20, in Theodotion's Greek translation.		The Bodmer Daniel-Thucydides Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 47 (XLVII)	4th-century	A selection of moral maxims arranged acrostically, in Greek.		The Bodmer Daniel-Thucydides Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 48 (XLVIII)		Homer's Iliad, 1:45-58; inscribed in Greek on two small papyrus fragments.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 49 (XLIX)		Homer's Odyssey 9:455-488 & 526-556; 10:188-215; in Greek		–
Papyrus Bodmer 50 (L)		Matthew 25:43, 26:2-3; in Greek. Originally described as part of Papyrus Bodmer 17, where the codex's decaying leaves had stuck together. Known as 𝔓73 in Gregory-Aland numbering.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 51 (LI)		Papyrus fragment used for syllable exercises, and later reused for a medical/ethnographic treatise, both in Greek. The fragments were found in the leather cover of Papyrus Bodmer 23.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 52 (LII)		Greek papyrus leaf of Isocrates' Ad Nicoclem, found in the leather cover of Papyrus Bodmer 23.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 53 (LIII)		Blank papyrus leaf, found in the leather cover of Papyrus Bodmer 23.	(nothing to publish)	–
Papyrus Bodmer 54 (LIV)		Fragmentary land register, found in the leather cover of Papyrus Bodmer 23.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 55 (LV)		Fragmentary fiscal register, found in the leather cover of Papyrus Bodmer 23.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 56 (LVI)		Fragmentary fiscal register, found in the leather cover of Papyrus Bodmer 23.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 57 (LVII)		Part of a codex of Didymus the Blind's Commentary on the Psalms (Codex V of the Tura papyri, a group of Codexes found in Tura during WWII) in Greek. The codex as a whole, is dispersed across several collections. The papyrus was a palimpsest and has a noticeable undertext.		–
Papyrus Bodmer 58 (LVIII)		Papyrus codex of patristic works in Sahidic Coptic. Bodmer Lab catalogues: "a dialogue between two deacons and Cyril of Alexandria; letter from Theophilus to Horsiesius; a dialogue between Horsiesius and Theophilus; a letter from Theophilus to monks; a dialogue between Phausos and Timotheos with Horsiesius; a collection of works attributed to Agathonicos; and a Coptic recipe for the preparation of parchment". The text was formerly in the collection of Thomas Phillipps, and was published under this name.		–

External links

• Bodmer Papyri at Bodmer Lab - Digital scans of most of the Bodmer Papyri
• Papyrus Bodmer 8 at the Vatican Library Website
• Papyrus Bodmer 14+15 (XIV+XV Codex) at the Vatican Library Website
• Papyrus Bodmer 24 at the Museum of the Bible Website