Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Louvre E 7142 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied ?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-24,: Applied amulet calling upon the Three Hebrew Youths for healing/protection from fever. |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Fayumic |
Language/dialect notes: | Bélanger Sarrazin (2024: p. 74). |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 701 – 900 |
Date notes: | Palaeographic dating by Bélanger Sarrazin 2024: p. 74. |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010048963 |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus (?) |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 22.3 | Width: 16.7 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Bélanger Sarrazin 2024: p. 74. |
Folding pattern: | 7 horizontal and 5 vertical creases. |
State of preservation: | Complete, some damage to left-hand side. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto, ? lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Present Location: | Paris, Louvre |
Collection History: | Acquired from Enrico Ignazio Pennelli on 14 January 1881. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 274 |
Collection website: | https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010048963 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): p. 74-79, 81. |
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Trismegistos ID: | 874282 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | ||||
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte | CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database | Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database | ||||
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires | Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | KD (18/7/2019); EL (1/8/2019); MPS (25/2/2020); MPS (19/8/2020); KD (4/10/2023); KD (2/2/2024) |