Bodmer Library

Bodmer Library

The Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (or Bodmer Library) is located in Cologny, Switzerland just outside Geneva. The library was established by Martin Bodmer. It is famous as the home of the Bodmer Papyri. Some of these papyri are among the oldest remaining copies of the New Testament. Some manuscripts are written in Greek, other in Coptic (f.e. "Papyrus Bodmer III"). First form the manuscripts was purchased in 1956 ("Papyrus Bodmer II" — P66). It also houses a copy of the Gutenberg Bible.

History

>Martin Bodmer established the library in the mid twentieth century.

ee also

*Papyrology
*Papyrus 66
*Papyrus 72
*Papyrus 74
*Papyrus 75

References

External links

* [http://www.fondationbodmer.org Bodmer Foundation] — official web-site (in French).
* [http://www.e-codices.ch/bibliotheken/cb/cb_en.htm e-codices] — digitized manuscripts of the library.


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