Papyrus 110, designated by 𝔓110 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts) is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew, containing verses 10:13-15 & 10:25-27 in a fragmentary condition. Using the study of comparative writings styles (palaeography), the manuscript has been dated by the INTF to the early 4th century CE. Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to Middle-Late 3rd century CE.[1]
The manuscript is currently housed in the Papyrology Rooms of the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library at Oxford University, with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4494.[2]
Description
Papyrus 110 verso
The original manuscript would have been a codex (precursor to the modern book), around 12 cm x 22 cm in size, with 40–43 lines per page. The handwriting script is representative of the Reformed Documentary or Professional (bookhand) style,[3] which is also known as the Severe Style.[4]
The Greek text of this fragment is considered to be representative of the Alexandrian text-type, with some unique readings.[1]
^ abPhilip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, (Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers), 2005, p. 76.
^"Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
^Comfort, Philip Wesley; Barrett, David P. (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2 ed.). Wheaton, Il: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. p. 656. ISBN0-8423-5265-1.
