The Conspectus lists all texts to be dealt with in the PCE, together with their date, provenance, and a brief description. As explained in the Overview, the definition of ‘Christian text’ is deliberately wide, to allow discussion of papyri which bear on the history of Christianity even if they are not written by Christians per se. We also treat papyri thought Christian by others but not so in our estimation, by way of discussing the criteria for assessing whether or not a document is Christian.

The Conspectus can be used freely by visitors to the site, and the team would appreciate feedback on the list, in particular if it seems to lack any item, or should include any recently published text. Any comments should be directed to Malcolm Choat (mchoat@hmn.mq.edu.au).

The Conspectus remains a draft, to which Macquarie University holds the copyright, and must not be reproduced in any form. A version will appear in the PCE when it is published by Cambridge University Press.

As the title of the project suggests, texts found outside Egypt (in particualr from Qumran) are not included.

Unpublished texts are as a general rule not included; such texts as have come to our attention exist in the the Schøyen Collection, Oslo (e.g. MS MSS 187; 2648-49, cf. http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/4/4.1/412.html).

The Conspectus is in PDF format, and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to read.