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KYPRIANOS M1090

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

CLA 10 1533
P. Vindob. L. 91
P.Rain Unterricht 184
Vienna, Nationalbibliothek L 91

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

Magical (applied) (?)
Documentary (school text) (?)
Contents:

Original use (?):

1. Ro ll. 1-4: Protocol (?)

Re-use (?):

2. Vo ll. 1-10: Matthew 6.11-12; Lord’s Prayer in Latin with a Greek transcription in alternating lines ; school excercise or applied amulet for healing/protection (?)
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Language(s):

Latin
Script(s):

Geek
Latin
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 600
Date notes:

Seider (1981: p. 123), Harrauer & Sijpesteijn (1985: p. 177), Treu (1988: p. 77); 401-600 CE: Alain (1983: p. 412); 501-700 CE: de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 206), Gascou (2001: p. 19); 480-520 CE: Col. website (16/5/2021)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DOD_%2BZ232980303&order=1&view=SINGLE

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 7.5 Width: 17.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Harrauer & Sijpesteijn (1985: p. 177); de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 207).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete; broken top and bottom.
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 (→). 4 lines recto, 10 lines verso. Verso written at 90 degrees to recto.
Hand:

Cursive

Findspot:

Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 816)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 816)
Present Location:

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek
Collection History:

Purchased in 1886; from the Hermopolites for Vienna (Gascou 2001: p. 19).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 357
Collection website: https://search.onb.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ONB_alma21306203190003338&context=L&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&vid=ONB&lang=de_DE&search_scope=ONB_gesamtbestand&tab=default_tab&query=addsrcrid,exact,RZ00001908

Notes/Discussion:

Alain (1983: p. 417) states that the Greek transcription of the Latin Pater Noster had been added in between for someone who did not know Latin. Harrauer & Sijpesteijn (1985: p. 177) also believe that the Latin text existed first and a Greek transcription has been added in between the lines. Carlig & de Haro Sanchez (2015: p. 79) believe the transcription to be a writing exercise. Since there is disagreement regarding the provenance, Gascou (2001: p. 19) notes that H. Harrauer described in a communication a document recording the purchase of the manuscript in 1886 from Hermopolites.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Harrauer, Hermann, and Pieter J. Sijpesteijn. Neue Texte aus dem antiken Unterricht (MPER N.S. 15). Wien:Verlag Brüder Hollinek, 1985, p. 177-178, no. 184.

Lowe, Elias A. Codices Latini Antiquiores: A Paleographical Guide to Latin Manuscripts Prior to the Ninth Century. Vol. 10. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963, p. 27, no. 1533.

Martin, Alain. “P. Vindob. L. 91, un fragment du Pater latin.” Latomus: Revue d’Études Latines 42 (1983): 412-418.

Palme, Bernhard. “Lateinisches Vater-Unser.” In: Handschriften und Papyri. Wege des Wissens. Nilus. Vol. 24, edited by Daniela Mairhofer, Bernhard Palme, and Danuta Shanzer. Wien: Phoibus Verlag, 2017, p. 150-151.

Seider, Richard. Paläographie der Lateinischen Papyri. Vol. 2.II. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1981, p. 123, no. 47.
Translations:
General:

Ammirati, Serena. Sul Libro Latino Antico: Ricerche Bibliologiche e Paleografiche. Pisa/Roma: Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2015, pl. 42.

Calhoun, Robert M. “The Lord’s Prayer in Christian Amulets.” Early Christianity 11 (2020): 421, no. 5.

Carlig, Nathan, and Magali de Haro Sanchez. “Amulettes ou exercices scolaires: Sur les difficultés de la catégorisation des papyrus chrétiens.” Écrire la Magie dans l’Antiquité: Actes du Colloque International. Liège, 13-15 Octobre 2011, edited by Magali de Haro Sanchez. Liège: Presses Univ. de Liège, 2015, p. 79.

Froschauer, Harald. Ein Buch verändert die Welt. Älteste Zeugnisse der Heiligen Schrift aus der Zeit des frühen Christentums in Ägypten. Nilus. Vol. 7. Wien: Phoibos-Verlag, 2003, plate 7.

Gascou, Jean. “Sur la date du Pater Noster de Vienne: P.Rain. Unterricht 184.” In: Essays and Texts in Honor of J. David Thomas. American Studies in Papyrology 42, edited by Traianos Gagos and John D. Thomas. New Haven: American Society of Papyrologists, 2001, p. 19-23.

Henner, Jutta, Hans Förster, and Ulrike Horak. Christliches mit Feder und Faden: Christliches in Texten, Textilien und Alltagsgegenständen aus Ägypten; Katalog zur Sonderausstellung im Papyrusmuseum der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek aus Anlaß des 14. Internationalen Kongresses für Christliche Archäologie. Nilus. Vol. 3. Wien: ÖVG, 1999, p. 53, no. 43.

Lange, Armin, and Bernhard Palme. Kinder Abrahams. Die Bibel in Judentum, Christentum und Islam. Nilus. Vol. 21. Wien: Phoibos-Verlag, 2014, p. 118.

Palme, Bernhard. “Kat.-Nr. 15: Zwei Verse des lateinischen Vater-Unser.” In: Hieroglyphen und Alphabete: 2500 Jahre Unterricht im alten Ägypten. Nilus. Vol. 23, edited by Bernhard Palme. Wien: Phoibus Verlag, 2006, p. 68-69.

Schefzyk, Jürgen. Alles echt. Älteste Belege zur Bibel aus Ägypten. Mainz am Rhein: Zabern, 2006, p. 9, no. 24.

Treu, Kurt. “Christliche Papyri XII.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 32 (1986): 94, no. 1206.

Treu, Kurt. “Christliche Papyri XIII.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 34 (1988): 77, no. 1206.

Trismegistos ID:

65156

 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

1206

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

148

 TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

ST (16/5/2021); ST (17/5/2021); KD (6/72021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1090," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1090. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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