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The database will ultimately include transcriptions and translations of every “spell” included in these manuscripts, as well as information on higher-level groupings (archives containing groups of manuscripts), images and designs included in texts, and the hands of the scribes who copied them.
- Looking at the Coptic Magical Papyri XIII: Types of Magic
While we’ve sketched out above a rough picture of the...
- Coptic Magical Papyri
The Coptic Magical Papyri: Vernacular Religion in Late Roman...
- Looking at the Coptic Magical Papyri XIII: Types of Magic
The Coptic Magical Papyri: Vernacular Religion in Late Roman and Early Islamic Egypt is a five-year research project (2018-2023) based at the Chair of Egyptology of the Julius Maximilian University Würzburg and funded by the Excellent Ideas programme.
This papyrus records two different spells. The upper text is a spell to obtain a beautiful singing voice. The petitioner is instructed to prepare special ink so as to inscribe a chalice with powerful signs. Next, the petitioner is told to procure a divination bowl and an offering, and recite a prayer to “Harmozel, the great ruler.”
14 lut 2020 · While we’ve sketched out above a rough picture of the overall frequency of types of spells in the Coptic magical texts, it’s worth looking more carefully at the distribution of these spells in the two categories of texts – formularies and applied texts.
6 lis 2023 · 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.
Beginning with a survey of the role of angels in older Graeco-Egyptian and Jewish magic, we then turn to the key roles of angels in Coptic magical texts – the gathering angel, the angelic name, the helping angel, and the dangerous angel.
19 kwi 2024 · Beginning with a survey of the role of angels in older Graeco-Egyptian and Jewish magic, we then turn to the key roles of angels in Coptic magical texts – the gathering angel, the angelic name, the helping angel, and the dangerous angel.
