Of all the sections into which Greek New Testament manuscripts are conventionally subdivided, the section on papyri has been the one most extensively covered in scholarly literature. I have made no attempt to be exhaustive in repeating all relevant titles, but have tried to include the major publications, particularly the editio princeps and significant transcripts or collations.

Among earlier works, the unpublished thesis by Schofield is still often referred to in the standard introductions, as too are the primer by Milligan, and the articles by Hedley.

E.M. Schofield, The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament unpublished dissertation, S. Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, 1936) = Papyri 1-48 and 52

P. Hedley, ‘The Egyptian Text of the Gospels and Acts’ CQR 118 (London, 1934) pp. 23-39, 188-230 (describes the character of Egyptian manuscripts including papyri 1, 5, 6, 19, 21, 36, 41, 44, 45)

G. Milligan, Here and There among the Papyri (London, 1922).

An up-to-date and important survey of recent developments is:

E.J. Epp, ‘The Papyrus Manuscripts of the New Testament’ in B.D. Ehrman and M. W. Holmes, The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research (Grand Rapids, 1995) pp.3–21 (= S & D46)

The catalogue by van Haelst is referred to in the entries below. Parallel to that is:

K. Aland, Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri I Biblische Papyri (Berlin, 1976) (= Patristische Texte und Studien 18). This contains full descriptions with bibliography for NT1 (= P1)-NT88(=P88).