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Papyri

The library's papyri are briefly described in our online catalogue, Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries.

The Library also holds disegni (hand-drawn facsimiles) of several papyri from Herculaneum (P. Herc.). The disegni were made when the rolls were first opened, mostly between 1802 and 1806 under the direction of Rev. John Hayter, and often preserve text no longer extant in the originals.

The disegni are MSS. Gr. class. c. 1-7 (Summary Catalogue 28051-60). MSS. Gr. class. c. 8-9 are editions of P. Herc. prepared for publication by John Hayter. MS. Gr. class. c. 10 contains correspondence relating to the disegni.

Digitized images of the disegni are available via Oxford Facsimiles of Herculaneum Papyri.

See also:

Location-list of the Oxyrhynchus papyri and of other Greek papyri published by the Egypt Exploration Society
by R. A. Coles, (London, 1974).
Papyri Bodleianae, I
by R. P. Salomons (Studia Amstelodamensia ad epigraphicam, ius antiquum et papyrologicam pertinentia, 34: Amsterdam, 1996). [This covers MSS. Gr. bib. (P), and MSS. Gr. class. a. 1 (P) – c. 300 (P)].
Conspectus of shelfmarks of papyri
An unpublished handlist, found in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room.
Revel Cole's Greek Papyri index
1 box : Available in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room. Created 1976, covers MSS. Gr. class. c. 103 (P) - 538 (P). This information is now incorporated in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries.
E. Lobel's Unfinished Papyri index
1 box : Available in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room.

Typescript catalogue of Greek papyri by B. Grenfell [Weston Library Gallery R.6.170]

Subject Guide

Matthew Holford