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KYPRIANOS M1115

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

P. Ryl. Gr. 3 470
P. Ryl. Gr. III 470
Manchester, John Rylands Library Gr. 470

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

Magical (applied) (?)
Liturgical (hymn)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-10: Hymn to Mary; perhaps applied amulet for healing/protection
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 701 – 900
Date notes:

8th or 9th century according to Förster 2005: p. 106-107, Mihálykó 2019: 9, 198; 301-400 CE according to Roberts (1938: p. 46); 301-500 CE according to Stegmüller (1952: p. 82); 201-900 CE according to de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 212).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/ManchesterDev~93~3~22419~100285:Christian-Prayer?sort=reference_number%2Cimage_sequence_number%2Cimage_title%2Cimage_number&qvq=q:470;sort:reference_number%2Cimage_sequence_number%2Cimage_title%2Cimage_number;lc:ManchesterDev~93~3&mi=0&trs=3

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 18 Width: 9.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Roberts (1938: p. 46); Stegmüller (1952: p. 76).
Folding pattern:

1 horizontal, 4 vertical creases.
State of preservation:

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

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (→), 10 surviving lines.
Hand:

Tall, upright, pointed, irregular

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Manchester, John Rylands Library
Collection History:

Acquired in 1917 (Roberts 1938: p. 46; Stegmüller 1952: p. 76).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 218
Collection website: https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/ManchesterDev~93~3~22419~100285:Christian-Prayer?sort=reference_number%2Cimage_sequence_number%2Cimage_title%2Cimage_number&qvq=q:470;sort:reference_number%2Cimage_sequence_number%2Cimage_title%2Cimage_number;lc:ManchesterDev~93~3&mi=0&trs=3

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Roberts, Colin H. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library. Theological and Literary Texts. Vol. 3 (P. Ryl. Gr. III). Manchester: University Press, 1938, pp. 46-47, no. 470.

Stegmüller, Otto. “Sub tuum praesidium.” Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie 74 (1952): 76-82.
Translations:
General:

Balboni, D. “Notae de Prece ‘Sub tuum praesidium’ (Papyrus Rylands 470 [cm. 18 x 9,4], saec. III.)” EL 48 (1954): 245-247.

Förster, Hans. “Die älteste Marianische Antiphon eine Fehldatierung? Überlegungen zum “Ältesten Beleg” des Sub Tuum Praesidium.” Journal of Coptic Studies 7 (2005): 99-109.

Förster, Hans. “Zur ältesten Überlieferung der marianischen Antiphon ‘Sub tuum praesidium’.” Biblos 44 (1995): 183-187.

Giamberardini, Gabriele. “Il ‘Sub tuum praesidium’ e il titolo ‘Theotokos’ nella tradizione egiziana.” Marianum 31 (1969): 327-331.

Klauser, Theodor. “Rom und der Kult der Gottesmutter Maria.” Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum 15 (1972): 120-135.

McHugh, John. The Earliest Known Invocation of the Mother of God: Reflections on Rylands Papyrus 470. Oxford: Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1981.

Mercenier, P. F. “L’Antienne Mariale grecque la plus ancienne.” Muséon 52 (1939): 229-233.

Mihálykó, Ágnes. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019, p. 9, 198.

Ortiz de Urbina, Ignacio. “Lo sviluppo della Mariologia nella Patrologia Orientale.” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 6 (1940): 40-82.

Römer, Cornelia. “Christliche Texte II.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 44 (1998): 138, no. 983.

Shiel, James. “A Rylands reminiscence.” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 76 (1994): 181-186.

Trismegistos ID:

64320

 		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

983

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

176

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

KD (25/10/2019); merged with data imported from checklist of Ágnes T. Mihálykó by KD (11/11/2019); ST (12/7/2021); KD (29/9/2021)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M1115," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1115. Accessed on 20/10/2026
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