The most significant manuscripts are those dating circa 200–400. Existing copies of parts of the New Testament written on papyrus date from the second to the seventh centuries. It has survived only in the driest conditions, and all the examples have been recovered from deserts-mostly in Egypt. This material was the most common writing material of Roman and Late Antiquity. Manuscripts classified as “Papyri” are those that are written on papyrus, a reed that was sliced into strips and glued into double-thick sheets. Some manuscripts are spread over a number of entries because they are in different libraries (e.g., 070). The numbers are not precise some entries contain two separate manuscripts incorrectly identified as one (e.g., P44) or two bound together (e.g., minuscule 180).
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