Sigla:  
                Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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            P. Mich. Inv. 1559  | 
        
Category:  
                Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | 
            Magical (applied)  | 
        
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-17: Amulet for healing/protection containing incipits of the four canonical Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and kharaktēres.  | 
        
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic)  | 
        
| Script(s): |   Coptic  | 
        
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features  | 
        
| Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes; Bélanger Sarrazin lists erroneously as Bohairic (2017: p. 393).  | 
        
Date:  
                Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 
            601 – 800 | 
| Date notes: | Browne 1979: p. 43; Collection website (14/11/2018); TM (19/11/18)  | 
        
Archive/collection:  
			Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | 
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published.  | 
        
| Image: | http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1466/1559r.tif | 
| Form: | Sheet  | 
        
| Material: | Parchment  | 
        
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 10.8 | Width: 5.9 | Depth: | 
| Dimensions (notes): | Browne 1979: p. 43; Collection website (19/11/18)  | 
    	
| Folding pattern: | 10 vertical folds, 3 horizontal folds (?).  | 
		
| State of preservation: | Complete, some damage to the middle. Palimpsest.  | 
        
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 on recto.  | 
        
| Hand: | 
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) | 
        
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) | 
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) | 
        
| Present Location: | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library  | 
        
| Collection History: | No acquisition information.  | 
        
Trismegistos collection:  
                Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 
            12 | 
| Collection website: | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1466/1559r.tif | 
| Notes/Discussion: | 
| Bibiliography | 
| Editions: | Browne, Gerald M. Michigan Coptic Texts. Barcelona: Papyrologica Castroctaviana, 1979, p. 43-45, no. 12.  | 
        
| Translations: | |
| General: | Worrell, William H. Coptic Texts in the University of Michigan Collection. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1942, p. 18.  | 
        
| Trismegistos ID: |   102263  | 
            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” | 
            141  | 
            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: | KD (9/11/2018); EL (19/11/18; 11/2/20); MPS (2/10/2019); MPS (18/8/2020)  |