Images: gospels.net (cover only); images of Gospel of Mary pages in Christopher Tuckett, ed. The Gospel of Mary. Oxford Early Christian Gospel Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007 (plates 1–9).
Physical description: papyrus, 13.5 × 10.5 cm, 73 fols., 1 col. (pp. 1–6, 11–14 missing)
Language(s): Coptic
Date: 5th century
Provenance: Akhmim, Egypt
Contents:
Gospel of Mary (pp. 7–10, 15–19)
Apocryphon of John (pp. 19–77)
Wisdom of Jesus Christ (pp. 77–127)
Act of Peter (pp. 128–141)
Additional Contents: none.
Codicological analyses:
Robinson, James M. “Codicological Analysis of Nag hammadi Codices V and VI and Papyrus Berolinensis 8502.” Pages 9–45 in Nag Hammadi Codices V, 2-5 and VI, with Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, 1 and 4. Edited by Douglas M. Parrott. NHS 11. Coptic Gnostic Library. Leiden: Brill, 1979 (pp. 36–45).
Till, Walter C. Die gnostischen Schriften des koptischen Papyrus Berolinensis 8502: Zweite, erweiterte Auflage bearbeitet von Hans-Martin Schenke. TU 60. 2nd ed. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1972.
Other online databases: LDAB; PAThs
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 9 April 2017.