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KYPRIANOS M1742

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

P. Erl. Inv. 1
P. Erl. 2
LDAB 6269

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Liturgical (hymns)

Contents:

1. Ro. ll. 1-14 and 2. Vo. ll. 15-29: Hymns for Christmas circle (Nativity) (?) (Psalm 91.5; Hebrews. 4.12; Philippians 2.10; Romans 14. 10; Isaiah 53.7; Jeremiah 11.19).

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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. 551 – 650
Date notes:

Mihálykó (2019: p. 331) dates to late 6th or early 7th century CE based on palaeographic parallels.
TM dates to sixth or early 7th century (05/10/2022). Schubart (1942: p. 4) dates to the sixth century at the earliest. Papyri.info dates to the 6th century (5/10/2022).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. No Translation.

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Form:

Codex (?)
Sheet (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.8 Width: 18.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Papyrus Portal (29/09/2022)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, left and right margins preserved, top and bottom margins may be lost (Papyrus Portal 29/09/2022).

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):

14 lines recto (↓), 15 lines verso (→ ). Note that the designations recto and verso are reversed in Schubart; here we assume the side written on the vertical fibres (↓) was the recto (i.e., first side written) following normal practice from the fifth century onwards.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Erlangen, Universitätsbibliothek, Handschriftenabteilung

Collection History:

Purchased prior to 1942, but further no information (cf. collection website 21/12/2022; Schubart 1942: p. v).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 125
Collection website: https://papyri.uni-leipzig.de/receive/ErlPapyri_schrift_00000230

Notes/Discussion:

Line 19 is the incipit of the third Canticle; also contaims hymns on the Nativity and on Stephan the first martyr. In the margin are abbreviated instructions (Mihálykó 2019: 331)

Sometimes the second letter of word is written considerably smaller over the first letter, Schubart interprets this as an aid for the singer (Schubart 1942: 6)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Obsieger, Hendrik. “Zu P. Erl. 1 = Nr. 2 Schubart (aus einer christlichen Liturgie, frühestens 6. Jh. n. Chr.)”. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 197 (2016): 70-72.

Schubart, Wilhelm. Die Papyri der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen. Bearbeitet von Wilhelm Schubart (P. Erl.). Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1942, p. 4-6, no. 2.


Translations:
General:

Mihálykó, Ágnes T. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 114. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019, p. 331, no. 179.

Rahlfs, Alfred and Detlef Fraenkel. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Die Überlieferung bis zum VIII. Jahrhundert. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, (1914) 2004, p. 111-112.


Trismegistos ID:

65028

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

906

Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

Imported from checklist of Ágnes T. Mihálykó by KD (11/11/2019); JS (29/9/2022); JS (5/10/2022); KD (21/12/2022)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1742," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1742. Accessed on 01/05/2025

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