Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Contents xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. “The Old Coptic Magical Texts” of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 3
8. 2. The Graphemes and Phonemes of “The Old Coptic Magical Texts” of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 61
9. 3. Contextualising the Bilingual Spells of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 113
10. 4. Contextualising the Bilingual Divinations of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 124
11. 5. Contextualising the Bilingual “Old Coptic Love Spell” of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 150
12. 6. Contextualising the Bilingual Exorcism of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 190
13. 7. The Practitioners of the “Old Coptic Magical Texts” of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 223
14. Appendix 1 – Interlinear transcription of the format of the text as extant in codex P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 and transliteration of the text as established as PGM IV 283
15. Appendix 2 – The multivalent OC graphemes of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 294
16. Appendix 3 – Dialectal adherence in the Egyptianlanguage sections of P. Bibliothèque nationale Supplément grec. 574 (PGM IV) 312
17. Bibliography 335
18. Index of Words in Old Coptic Script 354
19. Index of Key Content 362
20. Plates 365