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.[1][2]
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). [1] 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.
Egyptian land list, later turned over and reused to record books 5 & 6 of the Illiad
Martin, Victor, ed. (1954). Papyrus Bodmer I. Iliade, chants 5 et 6. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC14957800.
Derda, Tomasz, ed. (2010). P. Bodmer I Recto: A Land List from the Panopolite Nome in Upper Egypt (after AD 216/7). Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplements. Vol. 14. Warsaw: Journal of Juristic Papyrology. ISBN978-83-925919-3-1. OCLC1081173898.
John 1:1-21:25 and Genesis 1:1-4:2, in proto-Bohairic Coptic
Kasser, Rodolphe, ed. (1958). Papyrus Bodmer III. Évangile de Jean et Genèse I-IV, 2, en bohaïrique, 2 vols. Louvain: Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. OCLC1142638.
Kasser, Rodolphe, ed. (2001). "Le Papyrus Bodmer III réexaminé: Amélioration de sa transcription". Journal of Coptic Studies. 3: 81–112. doi:10.2143/JCS.3.0.503608.
Sharp, Daniel B., ed. (2016). Papyrus Bodmer III: An Early Coptic Version of the Gospel of John and Genesis. Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN978-3-11-043630-3. OCLC962359610.
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Papyrus Bodmer 4 (IV)
3rd-century
The Dyskolos of Menander in Greek, best preserved text of Menander in the Codex
Martin, Victor, ed. (1958). Papyrus Bodmer IV. Ménandre: Le Dyscolos. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC884604925.
Testuz, Michel, ed. (1959). Papyrus Bodmer VII-IX. VII: L'Épître de Jude. VIII: Les deux épîtres de Pierre. IX: Les Psaumes 33 et 34. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC42142745.
Testuz, Michel, ed. (1959). Papyrus Bodmer VII-IX. VII: L'Épître de Jude. VIII: Les deux épîtres de Pierre. IX: Les Psaumes 33 et 34. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC42142745.
Testuz, Michel, ed. (1959). Papyrus Bodmer VII-IX. VII: L'Épître de Jude. VIII: Les deux épîtres de Pierre. IX: Les Psaumes 33 et 34. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC42142745.
Testuz, Michel, ed. (1959). Papyrus Bodmer X-XII. X: Correspondance apocryphe des Corinthiens et de l'apôtre Paul. XI: Onzième Ode de Salomon. XII: Fragment d'un Hymne liturgique. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC42142745.
Testuz, Michel, ed. (1959). Papyrus Bodmer X-XII. X: Correspondance apocryphe des Corinthiens et de l'apôtre Paul. XI: Onzième Ode de Salomon. XII: Fragment d'un Hymne liturgique. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC42142745.
The Bodmer Composite Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 12 (XII)
3rd/4th-century
Unidentified fragment of a liturgical hymn in Greek, only extant in 6 lines.[7]
Testuz, Michel, ed. (1959). Papyrus Bodmer X-XII. X: Correspondance apocryphe des Corinthiens et de l'apôtre Paul. XI: Onzième Ode de Salomon. XII: Fragment d'un Hymne liturgique. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC42142745.
Testuz, Michel, ed. (1960). Papyrus Bodmer XIII. Méliton de Sardes, Homélie sur la Pâque. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC460430133.
Nongbri, Brent; Hall, Stuart G., eds. (2017). "Melito's Peri Pascha 1–5 as Recovered from a 'Lost' Leaf of Papyrus Bodmer XIII". Journal of Theological Studies. 68 (2): 576–592. doi:10.1093/jts/flx156.
Kasser, Rodolphe, ed. (1961). Papyrus Bodmer XVII: Actes des Apôtres, Épîtres de Jacques, Pierre, Jean et Jude. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC1073915727.
Matthew 14:28-28:20; Romans 1:1-2:3; in Sahidic Coptic
Kasser, Rodolphe, ed. (1962). Papyrus Bodmer XIX: Évangile de Matthieu XIV, 28-XXVIII, 20. Épître aux Romains I, -II.3, en sahidique. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC264952219.
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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.[8]
Martin, Victor, ed. (1964). Papyrus Bodmer XX: Apologie de Philéas, évêque de Thmouis. Cologny-Geneva: Bibliotheque Bodmeriana. OCLC883884103.
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)[9]
Kasser, Rodolphe, ed. (1964). Papyrus Bodmer XXII et Mississipi Coptic Codex II. Jérémie XL, 3-LII, 34, Lamentations. Épître de Jérémie, Baruch I, 1-V, 5, en sahidique. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC1091922165.
Kasser, Rodolphe; Austin, Colin, eds. (1969). Papyrus Bodmer XXVI. Ménandre: Le Bouclier. En appendice: compléments au Papyrus Bodmer IV, Ménandre: Le Dyscolos. Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. OCLC649208.
Carlini, Antonio (1975). Carlini, Antonio (ed.). "II papiro di Tucidide della Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (P. Bodmer XXVII)". Museum Helveticum. 32 (1): 33–40. doi:10.5169/seals-25755. JSTOR24814727.
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
Turner, Eric G. (1976). Turner, Eric G. (ed.). "Papyrus Bodmer XXVIII: A Satyr-Play on the Confrontation of Heracles and Atlas". Museum Helveticum. 33 (1): 1–23. doi:10.5169/seals-26396. JSTOR24814932.
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.[11]
Hurst, André; Reverdin, Olivier; Rudhardt, Jean, eds. (1984). Papyrus Bodmer XXIX: Vision de Dorothéos. Cologny-Genève: Foundation Martin Bodmer. OCLC1100323149.
Kessels, A. H. M.; Van Der Horst, P. W. (December 1987). Kessels, A. H. M.; Van Der Horst, P. W. (eds.). "The Vision of Dorotheus (Pap. Bodmer 29): Edited with Introduction, Translation and Notes". Vigiliae Christianae. 41 (4): 313–359. doi:10.2307/1583739. JSTOR1583739.
Kasser, Rodolphe; Luisier, Philippe, eds. (2004). "Le Papyrus Bodmer XLI en Édition Princeps l'Épisode d'Èphèse des Acta Pauli en Copte et en Traduction". Le Muséon. 117 (3–4): 281–384. doi:10.2143/MUS.117.3.516930.
Sharp, Daniel B. (2018). Sharp, Daniel B. (ed.). "Papyrus Bodmer XLII: 2 Corinthians 10:15-11:12 in Sahidic". Journal of Coptic Studies. 20: 177–188. doi:10.2143/JCS.20.0.3284659.
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Papyrus Bodmer 43 (XLIII)
Zostrianos, in Sahidic Coptic. Written on a single papyrus leaf.[15]
Kasser and, Rodolphe; Luisier, Philippe, eds. (2007). "Le Papyrus Bodmer XLIII: Un feuillet de Zostrien". Le Muséon. 120: 251–272. doi:10.2143/MUS.120.3.2024676.
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Papyrus Bodmer 44 (XLIV)
Daniel, in Bohairic Coptic. Written on 73 parchment leaves.[16]
Carlini, Antonio; Citi, Annamaria (1981). Carlini, Antonio; Citi, Annamaria (eds.). "Susanna e la prima visione di Daniele in due papiri inediti della Bibliotheca Bodmeriana: P.Bodm. XLV e P.Bodm. XLVI". Museum Helveticum. 38 (2): 81–120. doi:10.5169/seals-29564. JSTOR24815688.
Carlini, Antonio; Citi, Annamaria (1981). Carlini, Antonio; Citi, Annamaria (eds.). "Susanna e la prima visione di Daniele in due papiri inediti della Bibliotheca Bodmeriana: P.Bodm. XLV e P.Bodm. XLVI". Museum Helveticum. 38 (2): 81–120. doi:10.5169/seals-29564. JSTOR24815688.
The Bodmer Daniel-Thucydides Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 47 (XLVII)
4th-century
A selection of moral maxims arranged acrostically, in Greek.[17]
Carlini, Antonio; Bandini, Michele (1991). Carlini, Antonio; Bandini, Michele (eds.). "P.Bodmer XLVII: un acrostico alfabetico tra Susanna-Daniele e Tucidide". Museum Helveticum. 48 (3): 158–168. doi:10.5169/seals-37702. JSTOR24817812.
The Bodmer Daniel-Thucydides Codex
Papyrus Bodmer 48 (XLVIII)
Homer's Iliad, 1:45-58; inscribed in Greek on two small papyrus fragments.[18]
Hurst, André (1990). Hurst, André (ed.). "Papyrus Bodmer 48: Iliade 1, 45-58". Museum Helveticum. 47 (1): 30–33. doi:10.5169/seals-36880. JSTOR24817277.
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Papyrus Bodmer 49 (XLIX)
Homer's Odyssey 9:455-488 & 526-556; 10:188-215; in Greek
Hurst, André (1986). Hurst, André (ed.). "Papyrus Bodmer 49: Odyssée 9, 455-488 et 526-556; 10, 188-215". Museum Helveticum. 43 (4): 221–230. doi:10.5169/seals-33401. JSTOR24816511.
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.[19] Known as 𝔓73 in Gregory-Aland numbering.
Kasser, Rodolphe, ed. (1961). Papyrus Bodmer XVII: Papyrus Bodmer XVII: Actes des Apôtres: Epîtres de Jacques, Pierre, Jean et Jude. Cologny-Geneva: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. pp. 9–10. OCLC1073915727.
Thiede, Carsten Peter (1990). Thiede, Carsten Peter (ed.). "Papyrus Bodmer L: Das neutestamentliche Papyrusfragment P73 = Mt 25,43 / 26, 2-3". Museum Helveticum. 47 (1): 35–40. doi:10.5169/seals-36882. JSTOR24817279.
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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.[20]
Kasser, Rodolphe, ed. (1965). Papyrus Bodmer XXIII: Esaïe XLVII, l – LXVI, 24 en sahidique. Cologny-Genève: Bibliothèque Bodmer. pp. 8–15. OCLC369135693.
Di Bitonto Kasser, Anna (1998). Kasser, Anna Di Bitonto (ed.). "P.Bodmer LI recto: esercizio di divisione sillabica". Museum Helveticum. 55 (2): 112–118. doi:10.5169/seals-43034. JSTOR24820780.
Schubert, Paul (2016). Schubert, Paul (ed.). "P.Bodmer LI verso: restes d'un traité médical ou ethnographique?". Museum Helveticum. 73 (1): 1–10. doi:10.5169/seals-587266. JSTOR44744190.
Schubert, Paul (1997). Schubert, Paul (ed.). "P.Bodmer LII: Isocrate, A Nicoclès 16-22". Museum Helveticum. 54 (2): 97–105. doi:10.5169/seals-42154. JSTOR24820992.
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Papyrus Bodmer 53 (LIII)
Blank papyrus leaf, found in the leather cover of Papyrus Bodmer 23.
(nothing to publish)
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Papyrus Bodmer 54 (LIV)
Fragmentary land register, found in the leather cover of Papyrus Bodmer 23.
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.[22]
Doutreleau, Louis; Gesché, Adolphe; Gronewald, Michael, eds. (1969). Didymos der Blinde: Psalmenkommentar (Tura Papyrus) Teil I, Kommentar zu Psalm 20-21. Bonn: Habelt. OCLC311330633.
Gronewald, Michael, ed. (1970). Didymos der Blinde: Psalmenkommentar (Tura-Papyrus) Teil V, Kommentar zu Psalm 40-44, 4. Bonn: Habelt. OCLC41044363.
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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".[23] The text was formerly in the collection of Thomas Phillipps, and was published under this name.
^Robinson, James M. (2011). The Story of the Bodmer Papyri: From the First Monastery's Library in Upper Egypt to Geneva and Dublin. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co. pp. v-8. ISBN9780227172780.
^ abSourced from Pietersma, Albert (1992). "Bodmer Papyri"(PDF). The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Vol. 1. pp. 766–767., unless otherwise noted
^ abcdefghRobinson, James M. (2011). "Appendix 2: List of Papyrus Bodmer Publications". The Story of the Bodmer Papyri: From the First Monastery's Library in Upper Egypt to Geneva and Dublin. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co. pp. 185–196. ISBN9780227172780.
^Vuong, Lily C. (2013). Gender and Purity in the Protevangelium of James. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 7–8, 34. ISBN9783161523373.
^Sharp, Daniel B. (2018). Sharp, Daniel B. (ed.). "Papyrus Bodmer XLII: 2 Corinthians 10:15-11:12 in Sahidic". Journal of Coptic Studies. 20: 178–180. doi:10.2143/JCS.20.0.3284659.