{"id":34495,"date":"2021-10-11T14:32:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?p=34495"},"modified":"2021-10-11T14:32:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:32:01","slug":"kyprianos-update-11-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/2021\/10\/11\/kyprianos-update-11-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyprianos Update (11 October 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rossis-Tractate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33336\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rossis-Tractate.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rossis-Tractate-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rossis-Tractate-768x664.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p 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>.<\/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>15 new\u00a0<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 958.<ul><li>These contain primarily Greek and\/or Coptic magical texts from Egypt.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>9 new\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?sfid=20347\" target=\"_blank\">text entries<\/a>, bringing the total to 165. Among the texts we\u2019ve chosen for this update are\u2026<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-359\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rossi&#8217;s Gnostic Tractate<\/a>, a long, now-lost magical prayer, and one of the first-published Coptic magical texts, accompanied by an image of an angel shown here on the right.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-150\/\" target=\"_blank\">Louvre E 14.250<\/a>, a highly-illustrated separation curse written on a piece of parchment shaped like a knife.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-464\" target=\"_blank\">Vienna K 10335<\/a>, a short and mysterious text containing the magical names of the bricks upon which the Virgin Mary gave birth.<\/li><li>Two more fascinating texts containing mentions of non-Christian figures &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-340\" target=\"_blank\">Hs. Schmidt 2<\/a>, containing another love spell built around a Horus-Isis charm, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-30\" target=\"_blank\">P. Carlsberg 52<\/a>, an invocation of Petbe, the Egyptian god of vengeance, which also mentions a host of Greek divinities. Both of these were co-edited with\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uio.academia.edu\/RoxanneB%C3%A9langerSarrazin\" target=\"_blank\">Roxanne B\u00e9langer Sarrazin<\/a>.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-479\" target=\"_blank\">K\u00f6ln Inv. 20826<\/a>, a spell asking for the favour of the sun and the moon to be given to the user like a farment.<\/li><li><em>These new texts include 11 new tracings of accompanying images, bringing the total to 37.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>2 new <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/archives-search\/\" target=\"_blank\">archive entries<\/a>, describing <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/archive\/kyp-a28\/\" target=\"_blank\">two very<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/archive\/kyp-a79\/\" target=\"_blank\">interesting<\/a> groups of curses dating to the fifth century and written in the Akhmimic dialect; each of the two groups seems to have been written by a single (though different) scribe. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve just posted our latest update to the&nbsp;Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects. The update includes: 15 new\u00a0manuscript entries, bringing the total to 958. These contain primarily Greek and\/or Coptic magical texts from Egypt. 9 new\u00a0text entries, bringing the total to 165. Among the texts we\u2019ve chosen for this update are\u2026 Rossi&#8217;s Gnostic Tractate, a long, now-lost magical prayer, and one of the first-published Coptic magical texts, accompanied by an image of an angel shown here on the right. Louvre E 14.250, a highly-illustrated separation curse written on a piece of parchment shaped like a knife. Vienna K 10335, a short and mysterious text containing the magical names of the bricks upon which the Virgin Mary gave birth. Two more fascinating texts containing mentions of non-Christian figures &#8211; Hs. Schmidt 2, containing another love spell built around a Horus-Isis charm, and P. Carlsberg 52, an invocation of Petbe, the Egyptian god of vengeance, which also mentions a host of Greek divinities. Both of these were co-edited with\u00a0Roxanne B\u00e9langer Sarrazin. K\u00f6ln Inv. 20826, a spell asking for the favour of the sun and the moon to be given to the user like a farment. These new texts include 11 new tracings of accompanying images, bringing the total to 37. 2 new archive entries, describing two very interesting groups of curses dating to the fifth century and written in the Akhmimic dialect; each of the two groups seems to have been written by a single (though different) scribe.<\/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 latest update is live! 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