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Manuscripts

In 1930 and 1931, Alfred Chester Beatty and Carl Schmidt purchased the codices from antiquities dealers in Faiyum. The manuscripts were subsequently conserved by Hugo Ibscher and his son Rolf Ibscher in Berlin.

Berlin holdings

Carl Schmidt collected the following texts for the Papyrussammlung (papyrus collection) of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin in Germany. The collection is currently held at the Neues Museum in Berlin.

  • P15995 Synaxeis
  • P15996 Kephalaia (volume 1)
  • P15997 Acts
  • P15998 Letters
  • P15999 Homilies (Berlin part)

Dublin holdings

A. Chester Beatty collected the following codices for his library in London, now the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland.

  • Codex A: Psalms
  • Codex B: Synaxeis
  • Codex C: Kephalaia (volume 2)
  • Codex D: Homilies (Dublin part)

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