
Papyri Copticae Magicae
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This volume is the first in a new series of editions of Coptic-language "magical" manuscripts from Egypt, written on papyrus, ostraca, parchment, and paper, and dating to between the fourth and twelfth centuries CE. Their texts attest to non-institutional rituals intended to bring about changes in the lives of those who used them - heal disease, curse enemies, bring about love or hatred, or see into the future.
These manuscripts represent rich sources of information on daily life and lived religion of Egypt in the last centuries of Roman rule and the first centuries after the Arab conquest, giving us glimpses of the hopes and fears of people of this time, their conflicts and problems, and their vision of the human and superhuman worlds.
This volume presents 37 new editions and descriptions of manuscripts, focusing on formularies or "handbooks", those texts containing instructions for the performance of rituals. Each of these is accompanied by a history of its acquisition, a material description, and presented with facing text and translations, tracings of accompanying images, and explanatory notes to aid in understanding the text.
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Korshi Dosoo , University of Würzburg, Germany; Markéta Preininger , University of Würzburg, Germany.
Content
- Intro
- Foreword
- Table of Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Critical Signs
- Introduction
- 1. Situating Coptic Magical Texts
- 2. The Study of Coptic Magical Texts
- 3. The Corpus of Coptic Magical Texts
- 4. The Presentation of Texts in this Volume
- 5. The Contents of Papyri Copticae Magicae I
- Text Editions
- PCM I 1. Letter of Ouales to Psais containing separation spell
- PCM I 2. Healing prescription to stop uterine bleeding
- PCM I 3. Two aggressive procedures targeting women
- PCM I 4. Miniature codex
- PCM I 5. Procedure for the healing of internal organs
- PCM I 6-8. The Schmidt Coptic Magical Dossier
- PCM I 9. Formula for sleep
- PCM I 10. Prayer for pregnancy
- PCM I 11. Leiden Anastasy Codex
- PCM I 12. Rossi's Tractate
- PCM I 13. Rossi's Fragmentary Tractate
- PCM I 14. Invocation for unclear purposes
- PCM I 15. Narrative charm for healing the eye
- PCM I 16. Ostraca containing Horus-Isis narrative love charm
- PCM I 17. Spell for a good singing voice and a love spell
- PCM I 18. Curse to cause sickness
- PCM I 19. Adjuration to protect virginity and marriage
- PCM I 20. Love spell in the form of a Horus-Isis narrative charm
- PCM I 21-29. The Heidelberg Coptic Magical Library
- PCM I 30. Two destructive curses drawing on the Testament of Solomon
- PCM I 31. Two separation spells
- PCM I 32. Parchment bifolio with two preserved love spells
- PCM I 33. Formulary with healing procedures
- PCM I 34. Bifolio with bowl divination procedure and silencing curses
- PCM I 35. Fragmentary formulary with various curses
- PCM I 36. Three healing prescriptions on paper
- PCM I 37. Parchment sheet with various prescriptions
- Indices
- Glossary
- Concordance of texts in this volume
- Index locorum
- Bibliography
- Word Indices for PCM I 1
- Plates
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