Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | British Library MS Or 4721 (6) |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (unclear) (?) |
Contents: | Original use: 1. Unclear. Re-use: 2. Ro l. 1-Vo l. 7: Amulet for healing/protection (?) |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Parchment |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 6.6 | Width: 5.9 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Maximum dimensions (EL from autopsy on 17/12/2019); 2.75 x 2.25 inches (Crum 1905: p. 255) |
Folding pattern: | No discernible creases – wrinkled (EL from autopsy on 17/12/2019) |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary. Palimpsest. Broken off at one corner (Crum 1905: p. 255) – left-hand corner of the recto. |
Pages/Columns: 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. 8 lines recto and 7 lines verso. |
Hand: | Earlier hand is Zoega’s 1st or 2nd class |
Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | London, British Library |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 192 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | Framed as: MS Or 4720 (10); 4721 (1); 4721 (2); 4721 (3); 4721 (4); 4721 (5); 4721 (6) (EL from autopsy on 17/12/2019) |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905, p. 255, no. 526. |
Translations: | |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 874151 |
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” | 300 |
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: | EL (19/8/2019; 17/12/2019); MPS (25/2/2019); KD (15/5/2019); Team (6/7/2020): EL (2/9/2020); MPS (12/1/2022) |