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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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2023
ISBN
9783111080109
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Table of Contents
  3. List of Plates
  4. List of Critical Signs
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Situating Coptic Magical Texts
  7. 2. The Study of Coptic Magical Texts
  8. 3. The Corpus of Coptic Magical Texts
  9. 4. The Presentation of Texts in this Volume
  10. 5. The Contents of Papyri Copticae Magicae I
  11. Text Editions
  12. PCM I 1. Letter of Oualēs to Psais containing separation spell
  13. PCM I 2. Healing prescription to stop uterine bleeding
  14. PCM I 3. Two aggressive procedures targeting women
  15. PCM I 4. Miniature codex
  16. PCM I 5. Procedure for the healing of internal organs
  17. PCM I 6–8. The Schmidt Coptic Magical Dossier
  18. PCM I 9. Formula for sleep
  19. PCM I 10. Prayer for pregnancy
  20. PCM I 11. Leiden Anastasy Codex
  21. PCM I 12. Rossi’s Tractate
  22. PCM I 13. Rossi’s Fragmentary Tractate
  23. PCM I 14. Invocation for unclear purposes
  24. PCM I 15. Narrative charm for healing the eye
  25. PCM I 16. Ostraca containing Horus-Isis narrative love charm
  26. PCM I 17. Spell for a good singing voice and a love spell
  27. PCM I 18. Curse to cause sickness
  28. PCM I 19. Adjuration to protect virginity and marriage
  29. PCM I 20. Love spell in the form of a Horus-Isis narrative charm
  30. PCM I 21–29. The Heidelberg Coptic Magical Library
  31. PCM I 30. Two destructive curses drawing on the Testament of Solomon
  32. PCM I 31. Two separation spells
  33. PCM I 32. Parchment bifolio with two preserved love spells
  34. PCM I 33. Formulary with healing procedures
  35. PCM I 34. Bifolio with bowl divination procedure and silencing curses
  36. PCM I 35. Fragmentary formulary with various curses
  37. PCM I 36. Three healing prescriptions on paper
  38. PCM I 37. Parchment sheet with various prescriptions
  39. Indices
  40. Glossary
  41. Concordance of texts in this volume
  42. Index locorum
  43. Bibliography
  44. Word Indices for PCM I 1
  45. Plates