Some Early Witnesses to the text of the Christian Scriptures
:(following Peter v. Minnen, "Dating the Oldest new Testament Manuscripts.")
| Date | Name | Content | Place |
| 2nd cent | P52 | few verses of Gospel of John | Manchester |
| 3rd cent. early | P66 | John 1 - 21 | Switzerland |
| P46 | Romans 5-6, 8-11, 15-16 | Dublin | |
| 3rd cent. late | P 45 | parts of Mattew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts | Dublin |
| P47 | Revelations 9-17 | Dublin | |
| 4th cent. early | Codex Vaticanus | Most of the Septuagint, ½ of the Christian Scriptures (missing some Pauline Letters and Revelations) | Rome |
| 4th cent. mid | Codex
Sinaiticus |
About ½ of Septuagint, all of Christian Scriptures, and Epistle of Barnabas & Shepard of Hermas | London / Dublin |
| 5th cent. | Codex
Alexandrinus |
Almost complete | London / Dublin |