An unpublished fragment of the Fourth gospel in the John Rylands library
By: edited by C. H. Roberts.
Contributors: John Rylands Library.
Publisher: The Manchester university press [etc.]
Published: 1935
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Bible. N.T. John -- Manuscripts -- Facsimiles.
Other titles: Bible.  Manuscripts, Greek.  N. T.  John.
Description: Resting his claim upon paleographical considerations, C.H. Roberts dates this fragment to the first half of the 2nd century. If correct, it is "the earliest known of any part of the New Testament and probably the earliest witness to the existence of the Gospel of St. John."--Introd. p. 11-12.
Notes: The fragment consists of part of a leaf, recto and verso each containing incomplete portions of seven lines from chapter XVIII.