Papyrus Rylands 458 Rendel Harris. It was examined by A. Vacari (1936) and A. Pietersma (1985). The text was edited by C. H. Roberts in 1936. The manuscript is currently housed at the John Rylands Library (Gr. P. 458) in Manchester, giving the manuscript its name. Papyrus Rylands 458 Papyrus Rylands 458 is a copy of the Pentateuch in a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint. It is a papyrus manuscript in roll form. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to the 2nd century BCE, and before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls it was the oldest known
Peter Rylands Peter Rylands Peter Rylands (18 January 1820 – 8 February 1887) was an English wire-manufacturer in Lancashire and a Liberal politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1887. Rylands was born at Warrington, the son of John Rylands and his wife Martha Glazebrook, daughter of the Rev. James Glazebrook, vicar of Belton. He was educated at Boteler's Grammar School, Warrington. He was a wire manufacturer and active in local government. As early as 1843 he was corresponding with Richard Cobden on political matters. He was Mayor of