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Auction archive: Lot number 23

Gospel of John, in Greek, large fragment from a manuscript codex on papyrus

Estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
ca. US$297,426 - US$446,139
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 23

Gospel of John, in Greek, large fragment from a manuscript codex on papyrus

Estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
ca. US$297,426 - US$446,139
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Gospel of John, in Greek, large fragment from a manuscript codex on papyrus a vertical piece, c. 250mm by 77mm., comprising approximately half of a leaf from a large and exceptionally fine early Christian codex, 25 lines complete with upper and lower margins intact, text from John 8:14-22, written in a magnificent widely-spaced biblical uncial, original pagination for ' 74' in upper left-hand corner of verso, approximately half of each line missing, other very small lacunae, between sheets of perspex,framed

Auction archive: Lot number 23
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Gospel of John, in Greek, large fragment from a manuscript codex on papyrus a vertical piece, c. 250mm by 77mm., comprising approximately half of a leaf from a large and exceptionally fine early Christian codex, 25 lines complete with upper and lower margins intact, text from John 8:14-22, written in a magnificent widely-spaced biblical uncial, original pagination for ' 74' in upper left-hand corner of verso, approximately half of each line missing, other very small lacunae, between sheets of perspex,framed

Auction archive: Lot number 23
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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