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b. A tiny fragment that contains seven lines (in Greek) from the Gospel of John on the recto and an additional seven on the verso. Usually accepted as the earliest surviving fragment of the canonical New Testament texts. Dates have been suggested…

Early 3rd century fragment from an early copy of the New Testament written in Greek in the Alexandrian text-type

Alexandrian text-type Greek manuscript from the 4th century containing the New Testament, parts of the Old Testament, the Deuterocanonical books, the Epistle of Barnabas, and some of The Sheperd of Hermas. Provenance is debated: Rome? Egypt?…

Circa 4th century manuscript of Virgin’s Georgics and Aeneid or which only seven leaves survive.

Book XXI: Achilles fights with the river Scamandrus  vv. 367-381: After Scamandrus’s lament, Hera asks Hephaestus to stop burning its waters