{"id":28595,"date":"2021-03-24T20:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?p=28595"},"modified":"2021-03-24T20:11:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:11:39","slug":"kyprianos-update-24-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/kyprianos-update-24-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyprianos Update (24 March 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kyprianos-logo-bw-300x300-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6463\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve just posted our second 2021 update to the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/manuscripts-search\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects<\/a>. As well as correcting some small mistakes in manuscript, text, and archive entries, the update includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>39 new&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?sfid=11222&amp;_sfm_all\" target=\"_blank\">manuscript entries<\/a>, bringing the total to 879.<ul><li>These are primarily Greek and\/or Coptic magical texts from Egypt.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>23 new&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?sfid=20347\" target=\"_blank\">text entries<\/a>, bringing the total to 62. Among the fascinating texts we&#8217;ve chosen for this update are\u2026<ul><li>a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?sfid=20347&amp;_sfm_manuscript_id=44\" target=\"_blank\">strange set of curses<\/a> from a paper codex from the 10th or 11th century never before published in English translation&#8230;<\/li><li>a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-338\/\" target=\"_blank\">copy of the exorcistic prayer attributed to the Virgin Mar<\/a>y known as &#8216;Mary in Bartos&#8217; (also never before published in English)&#8230;<\/li><li>a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?sfid=20347&amp;_sfm_manuscript_id=43\" target=\"_blank\">pair of curses based on the <em>Testament of Solomon<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>intended to destroy buildings or machinery&#8230;<\/li><li>a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-482\/\" target=\"_blank\">prayer to help a woman conceive a child<\/a>&#8230;<\/li><li>and a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-2186\/\" target=\"_blank\">fragmentary copy of the amuletic <em>Letter to Abgar<\/em><\/a>, supposedly written by Jesus himself.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The manuscripts table now contains links to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/paths.uniroma1.it\" target=\"_blank\">PAThs Atlas<\/a>, which provides fuller codicological descriptions (and much more) of several of the more literary manuscripts in <em>Kyprianos<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve just posted our second 2021 update to the\u00a0Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects. As well as correcting some small mistakes in manuscript, text, and archive entries, the update includes: 39 new&nbsp;manuscript entries, bringing the total to 879. These are primarily Greek and\/or Coptic magical texts from Egypt. 23 new&nbsp;text entries, bringing the total to 62. Among the fascinating texts we&#8217;ve chosen for this update are\u2026 a strange set of curses from a paper codex from the 10th or 11th century never before published in English translation&#8230; a copy of the exorcistic prayer attributed to the Virgin Mary known as &#8216;Mary in Bartos&#8217; (also never before published in English)&#8230; a pair of curses based on the Testament of Solomon intended to destroy buildings or machinery&#8230; a prayer to help a woman conceive a child&#8230; and a fragmentary copy of the amuletic Letter to Abgar, supposedly written by Jesus himself. The manuscripts table now contains links to the PAThs Atlas, which provides fuller codicological descriptions (and much more) of several of the more literary manuscripts in Kyprianos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Our April update is ready a little bit early! 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