PAP-RD · 1870
Fragments of Papias — Roberts / Donaldson, 1870
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Language: English. Collection scope: related literature.
Translation: Alexander Roberts; James Donaldson
The identified 1870 translation is public domain in the United States; the catalog records translators Alexander Roberts (died 1901), James Donaldson (died 1915) and Frederick Crombie (died 1889). Modern host summaries, branding, page furniture and separate digital additions are excluded. The source transcription and catalog are retained with SHA256 provenance. The ten numbered fragments printed in the 1870 Roberts/Donaldson collection, including quoted reports and historical editorial brackets. This is not Papias’s lost five-book work, nor the shortlisted Lightfoot 1891 edition. Fragment X is retained as part of this historical collection with its source warning: it belongs to a medieval namesake and is not attributed here to the ancient bishop.
Each reading record is a complete source chapter or numbered fragment. Internal record 1 is a storage container, not an invented ancient verse. No cross-edition word alignment is asserted.
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The ten numbered fragments printed in the 1870 Roberts/Donaldson collection, including quoted reports and historical editorial brackets. This is not Papias’s lost five-book work, nor the shortlisted Lightfoot 1891 edition. Fragment X is retained as part of this historical collection with its source warning: it belongs to a medieval namesake and is not attributed here to the ancient bishop.
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