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P.Oxy. LXXI 4804, Gregory-Aland P120, is a fourth-century papyrus codex leaf whose three fragments preserve portions of John 1 concerning John the Baptist, Jesus, and the calling of the first disciples.
Papyrus P109, P.Oxy. LXV 4448, is a third-century Greek codex fragment and the earliest surviving manuscript witness to John 21, preserving parts of Jesus' words to Peter and the Gospel's closing testimony.
Papyrus P5 is a third-century Oxyrhynchus Gospel codex fragment whose separated pieces preserve portions of John 1, 16, and 20, materially linking the Baptist's witness with Jesus' farewell and resurrection appearances.
Uncial 050: A Dispersed Catena Manuscript of John is a separately registered physical witness to the copying and reception of John 3:1–22; John 20:10–17, identified by its own GA number, shelfmark, date, layout, and custodial history.
Uncial 0306: The Good Shepherd and Lazarus in John is the independently registered Greek New Testament witness GA 0306, controlled by its manuscript number, present shelfmark, physical form, and surviving biblical contents.
Four reused pages in St. Gall Cod. Sang. 1395 preserve John 11:14–44 in an Old Latin form, joining an Irish scribal witness, the Lazarus narrative, and the archaeology of binding reuse.
A separately cataloged Latin Gospel witness, VL 25, preserves John 19:27–20:11, spanning the crucifixion aftermath, empty tomb, and appearance to Mary Magdalene and gives material evidence for the many-text history through which Scripture circulated in the Latin-speaking church.
P66 preserves most of John's Gospel in an early papyrus codex whose corrections, omissions, and reconstructed quire structure reveal both substantial textual continuity and the working practices of a fallible ancient scribe.
A separately cataloged Latin Gospel witness, VL 18, preserves John 3:34–36; 6:39–41; 7:24–38; 9:22–32; 11:19–21, 26–27, 38–48; and 20:25–30 and gives material evidence for the many-text history through which Scripture circulated in the Latin-speaking church.
Monumental stepped and plastered remains at Jerusalem's southern water outlet establish a large public pool used before AD 70, providing the clearest archaeological setting for the Siloam of John 9.
This late fourth- or early fifth-century parchment codex preserves the four Gospels in the order Matthew, John, Luke, Mark and includes the singular Greek ‘Freer Logion’ after Mark 16:14.
Codex Gigas: The Giant Bohemian Bible is a distinct physical witness to the material transmission and reception of Scripture, identified by its own shelfmark, date, contents, and custodial history.
The Lindisfarne Gospels (Cotton MS Nero D IV) is a distinct physical witness to the material transmission and reception of Scripture, identified by its own shelfmark, date, contents, and custodial history.
Archaeology beneath the Holy Sepulchre traces a quarry outside ancient occupation, rock-cut tombs, Roman transformation, and Constantine’s fourth-century memorial church.
The Book of Mulling is a compact eighth-century Irish Gospel book whose Latin text, Old Latin readings, portraits, and associated fragments document Insular copying and use of the four Gospels.
Codex Athous Dionysiou (GA 045) is a distinct physical witness to the material transmission and reception of Scripture, identified by its own shelfmark, date, contents, and custodial history.
Codex Cyprius (GA 017) is a 9th century Greek parchment codex preserving the four Gospels, with canon tables and other paratext.
Corrected under Victor of Capua in AD 546–547, Codex Fuldensis is the earliest dated complete Latin New Testament and presents the four Gospels as a continuous harmony.
Codex Rehdigeranus is an eighth-century northern Italian Gospel book whose Italian Old Latin base, Vulgate-adjacent portions, chapter apparatus, and extensive corrections preserve transmission as an active process.
Codex Seidelianus I (GA 011) is a distinct physical witness to the material transmission and reception of Scripture, identified by its own shelfmark, date, contents, and custodial history.
Codex Seidelianus II (GA 013) is a distinct physical witness to the material transmission and reception of Scripture, identified by its own shelfmark, date, contents, and custodial history.
Codex Tischendorfianus IV (GA 036) is a distinct physical witness to the material transmission and reception of Scripture, identified by its own shelfmark, date, contents, and custodial history.
Codex Vercellensis is a late-fourth-century Latin Gospel book from Vercelli whose pre-Vulgate wording, unusual Gospel order, damaged leaves, and layered corrections preserve a formative stage of western Christian Scripture.
British Library Add MS 14451 combines eighty surviving fifth-century Old Syriac leaves with later Peshitta repairs, preserving a distinctive Gospel recension and the medieval work required to keep a damaged book usable.
A remodeled building buried before Dura-Europos fell in AD 256 preserves a font and early Christian paintings shaped around baptism and Gospel interpretation, even as scholars reconsider the familiar label “house church.”
A securely excavated third-century mosaic at Kefar Othnay names donors, a centurion, women, and “God Jesus Christ,” documenting a pre-Constantinian Christian gathering place while leaving the room's precise architectural and liturgical classification open.
The fortified Hellenistic sanctuary and hundreds of dedicatory inscriptions on Mount Gerizim materially document the mountain's central place in Samaritan worship centuries before the New Testament.
The rubbish mounds of Oxyrhynchus yielded many fragmentary New Testament codices within an immense archive of ordinary writing, giving text critics excavated witnesses to several biblical books while requiring every fragment to be dated and evaluated on its own.
P.Oxy. L 3525: Greek Fragment of the Gospel of Mary is a distinct archaeological or manuscript witness whose documented context illuminates Scripture while preserving the limits of the evidence.
An eighth-century Latin codex in Milan preserves a damaged list discussing accepted and disputed Christian writings. Often understood as a translation of a late-second-century Greek composition, it is major evidence for canon reception, though its original language, date, and setting remain debated.
The Rabbula Gospels securely dates a Syriac Peshitta Gospel text to AD 586, while physical analysis shows that its celebrated miniatures were repainted and may have entered the present composite volume through a more complicated history than the colophon alone implies.