codex · Coptic · NT

Sahidic Coptic Gospels (early witnesses)

Also known as: cop-sa

AD 300 – AD 400 (~AD 350) · dated by paleography

Evidence card

A quick read on the physical object before the interpretive summary.

2 sources

Artifact

codex · Coptic

Date basis

AD 300 – AD 400 (~AD 350) · paleography

Survival

~60% physically present

Contents

nt Most NT books, fragmentary across many MSS

Artifact/map cue

Held at Various (British Library, Pierpont Morgan, Bodmer)

Date

AD 300 – AD 400 (~AD 350)

Passage represented

nt Most NT books, fragmentary across many MSS

How much survives

~60% of the claimed text is physically present

Why it matters

The Sahidic Coptic translation is one of the earliest translations of the New Testament — made in Egypt in the 3rd century. Important because it generally agrees with the Alexandrian Greek text type (P75, Vaticanus) and provides an independent line of evidence in a different language.

What it contains

nt — Most NT books, fragmentary across many MSS

~60% of the claimed text is physically present.

Where & when

Held at: Various (British Library, Pierpont Morgan, Bodmer)

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