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Papyri p1 Through p76 200 A.D. to 700 A.D.
The following are extant papyrus fragments and copies. These manuscripts, designated by p1, p2, etc., are part of the overall existing biblical manuscript scope that we now possess. This range of papyri are very old. They represent the extant copies made in the dates so designated.
This demonstrates that the copies we have of the New Testament documents are very old.
Manuscript | Content | Location | Date Copied (Century) |
| p1 | Gospels | Philadelphia | 3rd |
| p2 | Gospels | Florence | 6th |
| p3 | Gospels | Vienna | 6th/7th |
| p4 | Gospels | Paris | 3rd |
| p5 | Gospels | London | 3rd |
| p6 | Gospels | Strassburg | 4th |
| p8 | Acts | Berlin | 4th |
| p10 | Epistles of Paul | Cambridge, Mass | 4th |
| p11 | Epistles of Paul | Leningrad | 7th |
| p13 | Epistles of Paul | London and Florence | 3rd/4th |
| p15 | Epistles of Paul | Cairo | 3rd |
| p16 | Epistles of Paul | Cairo | 3rd/4th |
| p18 | Revelation | London | 3rd/4th |
| p19 | Gospels | Oxford | 4th/5th |
| p21 | Gospels | Allentown, Pa. | 4th/5th |
| p22 | Gospels | Glasgow | 3rd |
| p23 | General Epistles | Urbana, 111. | Early 3rd |
| p24 | Revelation | Newton Center, Mass. | 4th |
| p25 | Gospels | Berlin | Late 4th |
| p26 | Epistles of Paul | Dallas | About 600 |
| p27 | Epistles of Paul | Cambridge | 3rd |
| p30 | Epistles of Paul | Ghent | 3rd |
| p33 | Acts | Vienna | 6th |
| p36 | Gospels | Florence | 6th |
| p37 | Gospels | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 3rd/4th |
| p38 | Acts | Ann Arbor, Mich. | About 300 |
| p39 | Gospels | Chester, Pa. | 3rd |
| p40 | Epistles of Paul | Heidelberg | 3rd |
| p41 | Acts | Vienna | 8th |
| p45 | Gospels, Acts | Dublin: Chester Beatty, and Vienna | 3rd |
| p46 | Epistles of Paul | Dublin: Chester Beatty, and Ann Arbor, Mich. | About 200 |
| p47 | Revelation | Dublin: Chester Beatty | Late 3rd |
| p48 | Acts | Florence | Late 3rd |
| p49 | Epistles of Paul | New Haven, Conn. | Late 3rd |
| p50 | Acts | New Haven, Conn. | 4th/5th |
| p51 | Epistles of Paul | P. Oxy. 2157 | About 400 |
| p58 | Acts | Vienna | 6th |
| p59 | Gospels | New York: P. Colt 3 | 7th |
| p6O | Gospels | New York: P. Colt 4 | 7th |
| p61 | Epistles of Paul | New York: P. Colt 5 | About 700 |
| p63 | Gospels | Berlin | About 500 |
| p64 | Gospels | Oxford | About 200 |
| p65 | Epistles of Paul | Florence | 3rd |
| p66 | Gospels | Geneva: P. Bodmer ii | About 200 |
| p67 | Gospels | Barcelona | About 200 |
| p68 | Epistles of Paul | Leningrad | 8th? |
| p70 | Gospels | P. Oxy. 2384 | 3rd |
| p71 | Gospels | P. Oxy. 2385 | 4th |
| p72 | General Epistles | Geneva: P. Bodmer xvii | 3rd/4th |
| p74 | Acts, General Epistles | Geneva: P. Bodmer xvii | 7th |
| p76 | Gospels | Geneva: P. Bodmer xiv, xv | Early 3rd |
| p76 | Gospels | Vienna | 6th |
