{"id":31012,"date":"2021-07-01T17:51:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?p=31012"},"modified":"2021-07-01T17:52:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:52:37","slug":"kyprianos-update-1-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/2021\/07\/01\/kyprianos-update-1-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyprianos Update (1 July 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/freer-F1908.45.gif\" alt=\"Black and white tracing of Freer papyrus F1908.45, containing two demonic figures below a series of cross-shaped characters.\" class=\"wp-image-31013\" width=\"397\" height=\"500\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\" id=\"block-a5ce9f11-4029-486c-93e5-b4a18fc03801\">We\u2019ve just posted our latest update to the&nbsp;<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, <strong>the biggest change is that the texts entries now contains a field for tracings of the magical images and diagrams (called <em>tableaux<\/em>) which accompany them. <\/strong>You can see an example on the right, taken from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-254\" target=\"_blank\">F1908.45.12<\/a>, a strange papyrus with no legible text, perhaps some kind of amulet. There are 19 tracings in the current update, and we&#8217;ll continue to add them to new texts with each forthcoming update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-a5ce9f11-4029-486c-93e5-b4a18fc03801\">The update includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-a73c905d-10b7-404e-83a6-6dd6bbbbbfa3\"><li>10 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 921.<ul><li>These contain primarily Greek and\/or Coptic magical texts from Egypt.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>15 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 109. Among the texts we\u2019ve chosen for this update are\u2026<ul><li>One of my favourite texts, a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-144\/\" target=\"_blank\">charm against stomach-ache<\/a> centred around the adventures of Horus, Isis, and three demons called Agrippa; this text was jointly translated with our friend and contributor <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uottawa.academia.edu\/RoxanneB%C3%A9langerSarrazin\" target=\"_blank\">Roxanne B\u00e9langer Sarrazin<\/a>, who is preparing a book on Coptic magical texts containing pre-Christian Greek and Egyptian deities.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-1085\" target=\"_blank\">One of the few surviving Coptic divination spells<\/a>, a fragmentary procedure which apparently uses a boy medium to find treasure by staring into a bowl of water.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-1479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The letter of King Abgar of Edessa to Jesus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-1606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jesus&#8217; reply<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prayer of Judas Cyriacus<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/2019\/01\/25\/religion-in-the-magical-papyri-vi-christianity-and-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which he used to discover the true cross for the Empress Helena<\/a>), all from the fascinating codex <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/manuscript\/kyp-m171\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anastasy 9.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Two lost papyri &#8211; a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-6571\/\" target=\"_blank\">fragmentary favour spell once held in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Turin<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-188\/\" target=\"_blank\">two curses<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-185\/\" target=\"_blank\">to separate couples<\/a> once held in the Institute for Papyrology in Heidelberg.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-134\/\" target=\"_blank\">A curse to make a man impotent<\/a>, and two other curses phrased as petitions to god.<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve just posted our latest update to the&nbsp;Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects. As well as correcting some small mistakes in manuscript, text, and archive entries, the biggest change is that the texts entries now contains a field for tracings of the magical images and diagrams (called tableaux) which accompany them. You can see an example on the right, taken from F1908.45.12, a strange papyrus with no legible text, perhaps some kind of amulet. There are 19 tracings in the current update, and we&#8217;ll continue to add them to new texts with each forthcoming update. The update includes: 10 new&nbsp;manuscript entries, bringing the total to 921. These contain primarily Greek and\/or Coptic magical texts from Egypt. 15 new&nbsp;text entries, bringing the total to 109. Among the texts we\u2019ve chosen for this update are\u2026 One of my favourite texts, a charm against stomach-ache centred around the adventures of Horus, Isis, and three demons called Agrippa; this text was jointly translated with our friend and contributor Roxanne B\u00e9langer Sarrazin, who is preparing a book on Coptic magical texts containing pre-Christian Greek and Egyptian deities. One of the few surviving Coptic divination spells, a fragmentary procedure which apparently uses a boy medium to find treasure by staring into a bowl of water. The letter of King Abgar of Edessa to Jesus, Jesus&#8217; reply, and the Prayer of Judas Cyriacus (which he used to discover the true cross for the Empress Helena), all from the fascinating codex Anastasy 9. Two lost papyri &#8211; a fragmentary favour spell once held in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Turin, and two curses to separate couples once held in the Institute for Papyrology in Heidelberg. A curse to make a man impotent, and two other curses phrased as petitions to god.<\/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 July update has just gone live! 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