Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Manchester, John Rylands Library Suppl. 50 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied ?) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-11: Letter of Jesus to Abgar (applied amulet for healing and protection?) (Coptic) |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic |
| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
401 – 800 |
| Date notes: | TM (13/2/2019). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/Manchester~91~1~434778~230092?sort=reference_number%2Cimage_sequence_number%2Cimage_title%2Cimage_number&qvq=w4s:/who%2FJesus%2BChrist;q:coptic%2050;sort:reference_number%2Cimage_sequence_number%2Cimage_title%2Cimage_number;lc:maps002~1~1,Manchester~14~14,Manchester~19~19,Manchester~93~93,lib1~1~1,Manchester~4~4,Manchester~25~25,Manchester~24~24,Gaskell2~91~1,nonconform~91~1,Man4MedievalVC~4~4,ManchesterDev~93~3,ManchesterDev~95~2,Manchester~11~11,Manchester~20~20,Manchester~10~10,Manchester~26~26,Manchester~18~18,Manchester~91~1,Manchester~12~12,Manchester~15~15&mi=0&trs=1 |
| Form: | Tablet |
| Material: | Wood |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 11 | Width: 44 | Depth: 1 |
| Dimensions (notes): | Giversen (1959: p. 78); PAThs (18/8/2020). |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Incomplete, fragment. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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2 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto with 11 lines, 1 column verso with 1 line. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Oxyrynchites, Egypt (TM places ID: 2722) |
| Place of purchase: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Writingspot: | Oxyrynchites, Egypt (TM places ID: 2722) |
| Present Location: | Manchester, John Rylands Library |
| Collection History: | Acquired in Egypt in 1917 by J. Rendel Harris, together with other Coptic, Demotic and Arabic manuscripts for the Manchester library (Giversen 1959: p. 71). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
218 |
| Collection website: | https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/ManchesterDev~93~3 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Pierced by two holes on the bottom of the long side, Giversen suggests it was not portable but fixed, as well as the content of the text (Giversen 1959: p. 78) – see KYP T1230, l. 9. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Giversen, Søren. “Ad Abgarem: The Sahidic Version of the Letter of Abgar on a Wooden Tablet.” Acta Orientalia 24 (1959): 71-82. |
| Translations: | |
| General: | Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Les appels au « Jésus guérisseur » dans les formules iatromagiques coptes”, in Études coptes XVI. Dix-huitième journée d’études (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: | 111687 |
PAThs: | 4564 |
| 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” |
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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 (13/2/2019); MPS (15/5/2019); EL (1/8/2019); MPS (18/8/2020); KD (9/5/2024) |