The Christian liturgical papyri : an introduction Liturgical papyri are prime witnesses to the history of liturgy and the religious and theological currents in late antique Egypt. These items from the third to ninth century preserve hundreds of Greek and Coptic hymns prayers and acclamations most otherwise unknown but some still recited by the Coptic Church. Ágnes T. Mihálykó offers the first extensive introduction to the liturgical papyri facilitating the readers access to them with a detailed inventory of edited manuscripts and an extensive discussion of their date and provenance. She also examines liturgical papyri as the first preserved liturgical manuscripts describing their material features the ways they were used the early history of the liturgical books and their languages. She reveals how liturgical texts were written down and transmitted and locates these important manuscripts in the book culture of late antique Egypt. Liturgische Papyri sind wichtige aber unterschätzte Quellen für die Geschichte der Liturgie und religiöser Strömungen im Ägypten der Spätantike. Ágnes T. Mihálykó bietet die erste umfangreiche Einführung in diesen Quellentyp sowie eine Liste aller veröffentlichten liturgischen Papyri mit einer Besprechung quellenkritischer Fragen und ihrer Materialität.