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title: "John Rylands Library, Manchester — GetMap"
description: "A tiny scrap here is older than the library. One of the library’s smallest treasures is P52, a scrap of papyrus carrying lines from the Gospel of John…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ0VwSAsOxe0gRXLIEYZx4zY4
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# John Rylands Library

A tiny scrap here is older than the library

History · 🇬🇧 Manchester · one place, one stop

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One of the library’s smallest treasures is P52, a scrap of papyrus carrying lines from the Gospel of John. It is the oldest surviving fragment of the New Testament. The building is a neo-Gothic sandstone library on Deansgate, with pointed arches and a high reading room.

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