Magical (applied)Purchased by Seymour de Ricci ca. 1905 (personal communication, Anne Boud’hors 24/4/2023).Black1. Ro ll. 1-28: Amulet for healing and protection, primarily against fever, for Šenoute son of Khōthēp.Preliminary dating (KD 23/10/2024)9011100SahidicMeasurements by KD (23/10/2024).KD (26/7/2024)Egypt3 vertical, 3 horizontal creases.Sheet3962Egyptian (Coptic)Paper11 column recto, 28 lines.Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles LettresNo information on provenance.CopticInstitut de France, fonds Seymour de Ricci, boîte 196, 6 Institut de France, fonds Seymour de Ricci, Academie Ali 76Unpublished.Complete. Some damage to first two lines.272494917.7Egypt

Magical (formulary ?)Purchased by Seymour de Ricci ca. 1905 (personal communication, Anne Boud’hors 24/4/2023).https://calames.abes.fr/pub/institut.aspx#details?id=Calames-2024102121434948820Black1. Ro ll. 1-10: Invocation of the Devil for unclear purposes. 2. Vo ll. 1-2: Unclear text; includes kharaktēres.Preliminary estimate (KD 23/10/2024).601900Sahidic with Middle Egyptian influenceMeasurements by KD (23/10/2024).KD (26/7/2024); KD (23/10/2024); KD (1/6/2026)EgyptSheet (?)Different hand recto and verso.3961Egyptian (Coptic)Parchment21 column each, recto and verso. 10 surviving lines recto (hair), 2 surviving lines verso (flesh).Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles LettresNo information on provenance.CopticInstitut de France, fonds Seymour de Ricci, Boîte 193, 39 Institut de France, fonds Seymour de Ricci, Académie Ali 59Unpublished.Fragmentary.27249497.2Egypt

★ von Lemm, Oscar. “Koptische Miscellen LI-LXI.” Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg (1908): 1343-1345, no. 53.Elanskaya, Alla I. The Literary Coptic Manuscripts in the A.S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum in Moscow (P. Pushkin). Leiden: Brill, 1994, p. 163, no. 19.Magical (applied) (?) Documentary (writing exercise) (?)Previously in the private collection Golenischeff in St Petersburg, current location Pushkin Museum (KD 1/4/2021).Original use: 1. Ro l. 1: Arabic text (unpublished) Re-use: 2. Ro ll. l-5: Coptic alphabet (writing exercise or applied amulet for healing/protection?) 3. Vo ll. 1-5: Names of Alexander and his companions (writing exercise or applied amulet for healing/protection?)10th-11th cent., according to Elenskaya 1994: p. 163,…

Monir, Nesreen. “Invocation for Protection (P. Turin Provv. 8539)”, in Coptica Taurinensia: Coptic Papyri from the Museo Egizio, edited by Susanne Töpfer, Lajos Berkes, Anne Boud’hors, Costanza Bianchi, Esther Garel, Frederic Krueger, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Gesa Schenke. Turin: Museo Egizio, 2025, pp. 213-217.Töpfer, Susanne. “The Coptic Papyri in the Museo Egizio: An Overview”, in Coptica Taurinensia: Coptic Papyri from the Museo Egizio, edited by Susanne Töpfer, Lajos Berkes, Anne Boud’hors, Costanza Bianchi, Esther Garel, Frederic Krueger, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Gesa Schenke. Turin: Museo Egizio, 2025, p. 57.Töpfer, Susanne. “The Coptic Papyri in the Museo Egizio: An Overview”, in Coptica Taurinensia: Coptic Papyri from the Museo Egizio, edited by Susanne Töpfer,…

Vassallo, Christian, with Nathan Carlig and Korshi Dosoo. “Amedeo Peyron and the History of Coptic Papyrology: With a Description of Two Unpublished Magical Texts From the “Fondo Peyron” of the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino (Mss. 158–159)”, in Coptica Taurinensia: Coptic Papyri from the Museo Egizio, edited by Susanne Töpfer, Lajos Berkes, Anne Boud’hors, Costanza Bianchi, Esther Garel, Frederic Krueger, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Gesa Schenke. Turin: Museo Egizio, 2025, p. 34.Vassallo, Christian, with Nathan Carlig and Korshi Dosoo. “Amedeo Peyron and the History of Coptic Papyrology: With a Description of Two Unpublished Magical Texts From the “Fondo Peyron” of the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino (Mss. 158–159)”, in Coptica Taurinensia:…

Till, Walter. Die Koptischen Ostraka der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Texte, Übersetzungen, Indices. (O. Vind. Copt.) Wien: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., 1960, p. 6, no. 20.Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): 58-86, esp. p. 81.Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): 58-86, esp. p. 81.Magical (applied) (?)No acquisition information.https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_2169196&order=1&view=SINGLEhttp://data.onb.ac.at/rec/RZ00002778Black1. Ro ll. 1-5, Vo ll. 1-6: List of names of the 3 Hebrew Youths and Saints; applied amulet for healing/protection, perhaps…

Magical (applied) (?) Literary (?)Purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920 (collection website 13/10/2023).https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-4452%5D528R.TIFhttps://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-4452%5D528R.TIFDark brown.1. Ro ll. 1-7: Short narrative in which God looks over the world (amulet for healing/protection?).Estimate of likely date range based on hand and use of paper (KD 13/10/2023).9011200Fayumic (?)Collection website (13/10/2023).KD (9/10/2023); KD (13/10/2023)Egypt2 horizontal creases.Sheet395319Egyptian (Coptic)Fayumic according to collection website (13/10/2023).Paper17 lines recto.Ann Arbor, Michigan University, LibraryProvenance unknown.CopticP. Mich. inv. 528Unpublished.Complete.1249499.5Egypt

Bell, H.I. “Report on Papyri: 1925 Consignment” (1925) p. 29, online at https://apps.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/papyrology/acq-reports/Report%20on%20Papyri%2C%20etc.%2C%20of%201925%20consignment.pdfBell, H.I. “Report on Papyri: 1925 Consignment” (1925) p. 29, online at https://apps.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/papyrology/acq-reports/Report%20on%20Papyri%2C%20etc.%2C%20of%201925%20consignment.pdfMagical (?)Acquired in July 1925 by Dr. Askren and Prof. Boak along with inventory numbers 4171-4192 (collection website 13/10/2023; Bell 1925: 27-29).https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-10655%5D4090R.TIFhttps://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-10655%5D4090R.TIFDark brown1. Ro ll. 1-8: Unclear text; contains angel name “Souriel”.5th to 5th century according to collection website (16/10/2023).Dimensions from collection website (16/10/2023); note that these are dimensions before restoration, full size after unfolding may be larger.KD (9/10/2023)Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)1 horizontal, 7 or more horizontal creases.Sheet39527Egyptian (Coptic)Parchment11 column recto, 8 (?) preserved lines..Ann Arbor, Michigan University, LibraryProvenance unknown (16/10/2023). Other documents from the sale…

Pernigotti, Sergio. “Un nuovo testo magico in copto della Papyrussammlung di Vienna”, in Ricerche di Egittologia e di Antichità Copta, edited by Sergio Pernigotti and Paola Davoli. Imola: Editrice La Mandragora, 2002, p. 131-138.Magical (applied)No acquisition information.BlackOriginal use: 1. Ro: Protocol. Re-use: 2. Vo ll. 1-20: Applied amulet for healing/protection containing incipits of Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Mark followed by invocation of the Virgin, Apostles, and God; the scribe begins copying the Gospel of John, but does not complete the title.Pernigotti dates to the seventh or eighth century (Pernigotti 2002: 132).601800Sahidic with Fayumic influencePernigotti 2002: 131.KD (4/10/2023); KD (9/11/2023)Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)Perhaps 4 vertical and 5 horizontal creases.Sheet39517Egyptian (Coptic)Displays…

Entry for “New York, JTS: ENA NS 65.23”, Friedberg Cairo Genizah Project (https://fgp.genizah.org; 29/9/2023)Entry for “New York, JTS: ENA NS 65.23”, Friedberg Cairo Genizah Project (https://fgp.genizah.org; 29/9/2023)Magical (formulary) (?) Literary (?)No acquisition information.Brown1. pp. 1-4: Literary text or magical recipes mentioning the appearance of the angel to Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, to announce his birth.Date range is that of typical Genizah texts of this type.9011200BohairicDimensions from Friedberg Cairo Genizah Project.KD (29/9/2023); KD (28/2/2024)Genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo, EgyptCodex394910Egyptian (Coptic)KD (29/9/2023)Paper44 surviving pages, 2 almost fully preserved, 2 very partially preserved. 21 and 20 lines survive on the preserved pages.New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaThe manuscript…