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Papyrus codex containing Acts and the Catholic Epistles in Greek
Description: This papyrus codex originally contained Acts and the Catholic epistles bound in a decorated leather cover. 124 of the original 132 leaves have survived, but many of them are highly fragmentary. Kasser provides no detailed information about the acquisition of P.Bodmer 17 but dissociates it from the “Bodmer papyri” proper on the basis of its physical difference from the other codices. It was purchased prior to 1961.

Author:	Anonyme
Title:	PB 17
Language:	Ancient Greek (to 1453)
No of scans:	219
Type:	Manuscript

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AuthorsAnonyme
TitlePB 17
Varying form of TitleP74
CopyistsThe book is copied in a developed form of the “Alexandrian majuscule.”
Event Date Place6th or 7th cent. (Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer XVII, by palaeography)
Language(s)grc

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Description material

TypeManuscript
Volume
Dimensions: The estimated width of the page is 20 cm. The estimated height of the page is 32 cm. The estimate ratio of the page (width/height) is 0.625. The width of the written area of the page varies between 13.0 cm and 14.5 cm. The height of the written area fo the page varies between 25.0 cm and 26.0 cm. There are about 33 lines per page.
Quires: According to Kasser, the codex was formed of 17 quires: 16 quires of 4 sheets (16 pages) and a final quire of 2 sheets (8 pages). The sheets are arranged so that horizontal fibers (→) face horizontal fibers and vertical fibers (↓) face vertical fibers.
Cover: The leaves were bound in a limp leather cover. Its exterior was decorated with a pressed cross pattern. A textile spine strip is visible on the inside of the cover, along with what appears to be the remains of a parchment stay. The remains of the cover suggest that the original size of the folia was about 20 cm in width and 32 cm in height.
Binding
Binding: According to Kasser, there is insufficient data to judge the exact structure of the binding. He reports the remains of a thread about 1 mm in diameter and a deteriorated parchment stay.
Physical MediumPapyrus, reddish brown ink

Remarques

General NotesParatextual features:Sense breaks that often correspond to modern versification are indicated by spacing. The copyist employs the high dot and apostrophe. Rough breathings are indicated with a horizontal bar.

Decorations: No decorations are visible in the text (but see the description of the cover).

Other holding institutions: None.
AbstractPapyrus codex containing Acts and the Catholic Epistles in Greek
Description: This papyrus codex originally contained Acts and the Catholic epistles bound in a decorated leather cover. 124 of the original 132 leaves have survived, but many of them are highly fragmentary. Kasser provides no detailed information about the acquisition of P.Bodmer 17 but dissociates it from the “Bodmer papyri” proper on the basis of its physical difference from the other codices. It was purchased prior to 1961.
Bibliography
LDAB number 2894
TM number: 61742
Digital text: DCLP

Editio princeps:
Kasser, Rodolphe. Papyrus Bodmer XVII: Actes des Apôtres: Epîtres de Jacques, Pierre, Jean et Jude. Cologny-Geneva: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, 1961.
Additional bibliography:
None.