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British Library MS Or 4714 (1) |
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Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | Original use: 1. Patriarchal history. Re-use (palimpsest): 2. p. 2 l. 1-p. 13 l. 14: “Prayer of Mary in Bartos”, invocation for healing, protection, to open doors, break chains, exorcism. |
Form: | Codex |
Material: | Parchment (vellum) |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 16.4 | Width: 12.6 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | 6.5 x 5 inches (Crum 1897: p. 210) |
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State of preservation: | Complete (almost), 13 of 16 pages survive. |
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Pages/Columns (notes): | 6-folio codex. Pages numbered ⲃ-ⲓⲅ (2-13). Presumably cover, p. 1, and final two pages are lost, giving total original size of 16 pages. |
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Findspot: | Lykopolis (Assiut), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1271) |
Place of purchase: | Lykopolis (Assiut), Egypt (TM places ID: 1271) |
Writingspot: | Lykopolis (Assiut), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1271) |
Present Location: | London, British Library |
Collection History: | Purchased in 1890s in Assiut and brought to England by Rev. George Horner (Crum 1897: p. 210). Acquired by the British Library in 1893 (EL from British Library Catalogue 17/12/19) |
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Notes/Discussion: | Vellum wrongly listed as papyrus on Trismegistos, see Crum 1897. Palimpsest (written over fragmentary Patriarchal history), subsequently recut. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Crum, Walter Ewing. “A Coptic Palimpsest.” Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 19 (1897): 210-218. |
Translations: | Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 127-135, no. 39. |
General: | Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905, p. 174, no. 368. |
Trismegistos ID: | 108910 |
PAThs: | 1316 3837 |
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Edit History: | EL (19/9/2018); MPS (5/7/2019); KD (11/9/2019); KD (23/7/2020); EL (2/9/2020); KD (16/5/2023) |