Bodmer Library

Bodmer Foundation
Location	Cologny, Canton of Geneva
Coordinates	46°12′55″N 6°10′50″E / 46.2153°N 6.1806°E
Type	memory institution; museum
Heritage designation	class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
Country	Switzerland
Director	Jacques Berchtold
Website	www.fondationbodmer.ch
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The Bodmer Foundation (French: Fondation Bodmer) is a library and museum specialised in manuscripts and precious editions. It is located in Cologny, Switzerland just outside Geneva.

Also known as Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (or Bodmer Library), it is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.^[1] The library was established by Martin Bodmer and is famous as the home of the Bodmer Papyri. Some of these papyri are among the oldest remaining copies of the New Testament. Some manuscripts are written in Greek, others in Coptic (e.g. Papyrus Bodmer III). The first of the manuscripts was purchased in 1956 (Papyrus Bodmer II — P⁶⁶). It also houses a copy of the Gutenberg Bible.

^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte:Geneva" (PDF). KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

[1] "Kantonsliste A-Objekte:Geneva" (PDF). KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

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