List of Coptic New Testament manuscripts


Coptic-language manuscripts of the New Testament include some of the earliest and most important witnesses for textual criticism of the New Testament. Almost 1000 Coptic manuscripts of the New Testament have survived into the 21st century. The majority of them represent Sahidic and Bohairic dialects; only very few manuscripts represent the dialects of Middle Egypt.

Sahidic manuscripts

The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, Book of Jonah and 1 Peter; the 3rd or 4th centuries; University of MississippiBritish Library MS. Oriental 7594, Deuteronomy, Jonah, and Acts; the 3rd/4th centuryMichigan MS. Inv 3992, 1 Corinthians, Titus, and the Book of Psalms; 4th centuryBerlin MS. Or. 408, Book of Revelation, 1 John, and Philemon; 4th centuryBritish Library MS. Oriental 3518 4th centuryPapyrus Bodmer IIIPapyrus Bodmer XIX — Matthew 14:28-28:20; Romans 1:1-2:3; 4th or 5th century.Freer Fragment no. 2 — Matthew 1:21ff; 5th century.Codex Copticus Tischendorfianus I – fragments of the four Gospels; 9th or 10th century

Bohairic manuscripts

Other dialects