Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Palau Rib. Inv. 412R |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-16: Incipits of the Gospels, of LXX Psalm 90, and of Letter to Abgar for protecting animals. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features |
| Language/dialect notes: | Given 2017: p. 47. |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
501 – 700 |
| Date notes: | TM (17/4/2019); 6th-7th centuries (?) (Given 2017: p. 46). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | http://dvctvs.upf.edu/imgs/412r.jpg |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 23.8 | Width: 12.3 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Given 2017: p. 46 |
| Folding pattern: | 1 horizontal crease, 10 vertical creases (JS). |
| State of preservation: | Complete, damage along folds and corners, with five large and several smaller fragments. (Given 2017: p. 46). |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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1 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (↓), 16 lines. |
| Hand: | “single bilinear and slightly sloping hand” (Given 2017: p. 47) |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Barcelona, Palau-Ribes |
| Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
304 |
| Collection website: | http://dvctvs.upf.edu/catalogue/p-palaurib-inv-412/ |
| Notes/Discussion: | Cf. Brit. Lib. Or. 4919(2) (= P.Lond. Copt. 317) – incipit of Abgar letter alongside 4 gospels and Psalm LXX 90., as well as P. Stras. Copt. 5 and P. Anastasy 9. P. Nahm. Copt. Am. also breaks the canonical order. Given 2017: p. 45 suggests that it was mounted based on the size and damage patterns. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Given, Gregory J. “An Incipits Amulet Featuring Jesus’s Letter to Abgar”, Journal of Coptic Studies 19 (2017): 42–49. |
| Translations: | Piwowarczyk, Przemysław. “Microtheologies behind the Biblical Amulets.” Journal of Juristic Papyrology 49 (2019): p. 272-274. |
| General: | Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Les appels au « Jésus guérisseur » dans les formules iatromagiques coptes”, in Études coptes XVI. Dix-huintième journée dàétudes (Bruxelles, 22-24 juin 2017) (Cahiers de la bibiothèque copte 23), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Esther Garel, Catherine Louis and Naïm Vanthieghem. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2020, p. 191-193. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 749383 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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| 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 |
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| 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 (25/3/2019); MPS (17/4/2019); KD (22/1/2020); MPS (28/8/2020); JS (22/11/21); KD (30/11/2021) |