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KYPRIANOS M105

Sigla: question mark icon Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.

Strasbourg K 216
P. Stras. Copt. 8

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll.1-11: Healing/blessing (?).
2. Vo ll. 1-8: Kharaktēres.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1000
Date notes:

Vela (2014: p. 129)
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State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Paper
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.5 Width: 7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Vela 2014: p. 128.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Upper margin seems to survive, but broken on all other sides.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto and verso. 11 lines recto, 8 (?) lines verso.
Hand:

Regular, sloping uncial, quadrilinear, unimodular.

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale
Collection History:

Likely acquired through the Deutsches Papyruskartell (KD 7/9/2020).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 322
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Vela, Horacio. “A Magical Text concerning the Eyes and Face.” In Coptica Argentoratensia (Strasbourg, 18-25 juil 2010) (CBCo 19) (P- Stras. Copt.), edited by A. Boud’hors, A. Delattre, C. Louis, T. S. Richter. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2014, p. 128-130.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

874129

 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”

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 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 (25/3/2019); MPS (3/7/2019); EL (1/8/2019); KD (7/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M105," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m105. Accessed on 29/04/2025

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