Papyrus 27

(Referred to Gregory- Aland Sigel 27) Papyrus 27 is an early copy of the Greek New Testament. It is a papyrus manuscript of Romans contains only the verses 8,12-22.24-27; 8,33-9,3.5-9. Using palaeography, it has been dated to the early 3rd century. The writer of this manuscript was probably written 20.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category I. This manuscript shows accordance with the Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus and other qualifications of the Alexandrian text- type.

Currently, he is kept in the University Library ( Add. 7211 ) in Cambridge.