Papyrus 56

Papyrus $\mathfrak{P}$⁵⁶

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Name	Papyrus Vindobonensis Graecus 19918
Text	Acts 1 †
Date	5th / 6th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Cite	P. Sanz, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung de österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 65-66.
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

Papyrus 56 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by $\mathfrak{P}$⁵⁶, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains only Acts 1:1.4-5.7.10-11.

The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 5th century (or 6th century).^[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.^[1]

It is currently housed at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Pap. Vindob. G. 19918) in Vienna.^[1][2]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

References

1. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

Further reading

• Peter Sanz, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung de österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 65–66.