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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.
7 gru 2018 · Theory of Magic. What is Coptic Magic? 7th December 2018. For our first ever blog post we thought it might be useful to introduce what exactly we mean by those three words, “Coptic Magical Papyri”. P.Würzb.Inv. 42 (recto) © University Library Würzburg. “Coptic” is the simplest to define.
The database will contain information on each individual surviving manuscript, whether on papyrus, parchment, ostraca or tablets, in the form of bookrolls, codices, loose leaves or amulets.
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.
Coptic Magical Papyrus. The vicissitudes of life in the ancient Mediterranean often drove individuals to enlist the aid of greater powers, via amulets, incantations, and other ritually efficacious devices.
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.
Curse to bring suffering, pain, and disease. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities and Division of Preservation and Access, the University of the Pacific, Georgetown University, and Canisius College.
