Evidence ID
E07744
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Papyrus Soc. Ital. 26, 27.
This Oxyrhynchus papyrus (30 x 24 cm) was probably part of a sizeable volume of hagiographical texts. It is written in uncial calligraphic script, inclined to the right, and can be dated on palaeographic grounds to the 5th century. A fragment from the Martyrdom of Paphnoutios and his Companions (BHG 1418z) is found on the recto (Papiri greci e latini, vol. I, Florence, 1912, n. 26), while a fragment of the Martyrdom of Christina of Tyre (BHG 301y) is on the verso, written by the same hand (ibid. n. 27).
Non Liturgical Activity
Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts
Discussion
This papyrus proves the existence of these two hagiographic legends already in the 5th century.The fragment on Paphnoutios' story corresponds to paragraphs 11 and 12 of the fully surviving version of the Greek martyrdom account of the saint (BHG 1419, E01400).
The fragment on Christina corresponds to paragraph 14 of the fully surviving Greek text of her martyrdom account (BHG 302, E07745). For an analysis of the legend of Christina, see E02090.
Bibliography
Text:Papiri greci e latini, vol. I (Florence, 1912), n. 26, 27.
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides: L'apport des inscriptions et des papyrus grecs et coptes (Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2001), 180.
Baumeister, T., Martyr Invictus. Der Märtyrer als Sinnbild der Erlösung in der Legende und im Kult der frühen koptischen Kirche (Münster, 1972), 124-126, 161-172.
Record Created By
Efthymios Rizos
Date of Entry
27/08/2019
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00907 | Christina, martyr of Tyre | Χριστίνα | Certain | S01509 | Paphnoutios, ascetic and martyr of Egypt | Παπνούτιος | Certain |
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