The manuscripts described in this catalogue are among those brought by Mrs. Rylands of the Earl of Crawford in 1901. The collection consisted of two distinct parts: the earlier to be acquired (A) was brought together by the late (the 25th).
Coptic Manuscripts brought from the Fayyum by W. M. Flinders Petrie, ESQ., D.C.L. together with a papyrus in the Bodleian Library. Edited with commentaries and indices by W. E. Crum, M.A., 1891