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KYPRIANOS M597

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Collège de France 3

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Magical (formulary)

Contents:

Original Use: Coptic literary text:

1. Life of Marinos/Marina

Re-use (palimpsest):

2. p. 1-2: Psalms 32-35, 25-27, 36-38
3. p. 3-4: End of Psalm 38; Psalms 39-46, 48-49
4. p. 5-6: Psalms 50-63, 67
5. p. 7-8: Psalms 68-73, 75-82, 84, 89
6. p. 9-10: Psalms 90-91, 95-97, 101-105, 108, 109, 111, 112
7. p. 11-12: Psalms 113, 115, 117
8. p. 12: Colophon

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1035 – 1035
Date notes:

Dated by colophon to 27th of Mesore 427 (=20 August 1035). Pezin (1988: p. 27) suggests 12th-14th century date.

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A27
Archive name: Collège de France Coptic Magical Archive
State of edition:

Largely unpublished; assigned to Korshi Dosoo.

Image:

Form:

Codex

Material:

Parchment

Dimensions (cm): Height: 22 Width: 14 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Pezin (1983)

Folding pattern:

Codex

State of preservation:

Incomplete.

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

20

Pages/Columns (notes):

If there are on average 6 psalms per page, this implies 5 pages are missing, perhaps +1 cover page + 2 blank back pages, for a total of at least 20 pages.

Hand:

Deacon Raphae

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Collège de France, Paris

Collection History:

Donated to former Bibliothèque des histoire des religions (now Institut d’histoire des christianismes orientaux) by Mme. de la Rochefoucauld in 1978, had them from her Egyptian family members; thence given by Prof. Antoine Guillaumont (at the time chair of “Christianisme et gnose”), and in charge of the library, gave them to Michel Pezin (d. 27 may 2005; Boud’hors and Tardieu 2006: p. 16).

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Notes/Discussion:

The literary texts resemble those from the White Monastery (Boud’ hors and Tardieu, 2006).

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Boud’hors, Anne and Tardieu, Michel. “Retour des parchemins coptes au Collège de France.” La Lettre du Collège de France 18 (2006): p. 16.

Pezin, Michel. “Les manuscrits coptes inédits du Collège de France.” In Écritures et traditions dans la littérature copte. Journée d’études coptes. Strasbourg 28. Mai 1982. Cahiers de la Bibliothèque Copte 1. Louvain: Peeters, 1983, 23–26.


Trismegistos ID:

874236

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte CBd: question mark icon Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database Mert.-Pack: question mark icon Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (24/10/2018); EL (29/3/2019); MPS (30/9/2019); MPS (25/8/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M597," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m597. Accessed on 11/09/2024

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