Dosoo, KorshiPreininger, Markéta2025-04-282023Berlin9783111080109https://library.arce.org:82/handle/123456789/444Intro Foreword Table of Contents List of Plates List of Critical Signs Introduction 1. Situating Coptic Magical Texts 2. The Study of Coptic Magical Texts 3. The Corpus of Coptic Magical Texts 4. The Presentation of Texts in this Volume 5. The Contents of Papyri Copticae Magicae I Text Editions PCM I 1. Letter of Oualēs to Psais containing separation spell PCM I 2. Healing prescription to stop uterine bleeding PCM I 3. Two aggressive procedures targeting women PCM I 4. Miniature codex PCM I 5. Procedure for the healing of internal organs PCM I 6-8. The Schmidt Coptic Magical Dossier PCM I 9. Formula for sleep PCM I 10. Prayer for pregnancy PCM I 11. Leiden Anastasy Codex PCM I 12. Rossi's Tractate PCM I 13. Rossi's Fragmentary Tractate PCM I 14. Invocation for unclear purposes PCM I 15. Narrative charm for healing the eye PCM I 16. Ostraca containing Horus-Isis narrative love charm PCM I 17. Spell for a good singing voice and a love spell PCM I 18. Curse to cause sickness PCM I 19. Adjuration to protect virginity and marriage PCM I 20. Love spell in the form of a Horus-Isis narrative charm PCM I 21-29. The Heidelberg Coptic Magical Library PCM I 30. Two destructive curses drawing on the Testament of Solomon PCM I 31. Two separation spells PCM I 32. Parchment bifolio with two preserved love spells PCM I 33. Formulary with healing procedures PCM I 34. Bifolio with bowl divination procedure and silencing curses PCM I 35. Fragmentary formulary with various curses PCM I 36. Three healing prescriptions on paper PCM I 37. Parchment sheet with various prescriptions Indices Glossary Concordance of texts in this volume Index locorum Bibliography Word Indices for PCM I 1 PlatesThis 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 texten-USAncient & ClassicalArchaeologyAncientCoptic manuscripts (Papyri) EgyptBook