Cologne Mani Codex ("On the Origin of his Body")
4th–5th c. copy of an earlier Greek translation from Aramaic · Greek
Groups: Manichaeans, Elkasaites (Elchasaites)
The world's smallest known ancient parchment codex (about 4.5 × 3.5 cm). It contains a biography of Mani's youth among the baptists, built from testimonies of his disciples. It was published from 1970.
Where the manuscripts are now
Papyrussammlung, Institut für Altertumskunde, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
P. Colon. inv. 4780
Sources
No open translation is linked. The status note says how the text is known.