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KYPRIANOS M4023

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

John Rylands Limbo Coptic P 451

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

Ro ll. 1–46: Text of unclear purpose with drawings and kharaktēres.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 1100
Date notes:

Preliminary estimate based on range of attestation of similar manuscripts on papyrus (KD 10/10/2025).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 16.2 Width: 21.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Dimensions from collection website (10/10/2025).
Folding pattern:

3 horizontal, 2 (?) vertical creases.
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage along fols.
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 (flesh), ca. 46 lines.
Hand:

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:

No acquisition information.
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/Manchester~95~95~104~299731?qvq=q:coptic%20magical;lc:Manchester~11~11,Manchester~20~20,Manchester~19~19,ManchesterDev~95~2,Manchester~24~24,lib1~1~1,ManchesterDev~93~3,Man4MedievalVC~4~4,Manchester~15~15,Manchester~93~93,Manchester~95~95,Manchester~26~26,Manchester~12~12,maps002~1~1,Manchester~4~4,Manchester~18~18,Gaskell2~91~1,nonconform~91~1,Manchester~91~1,Manchester~10~10,Manchester~25~25,Manchester~14~14&mi=2&trs=8#

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

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

KD (10/10/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M4023," 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-m4023. Accessed on 26/07/2026
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