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Papyri Copticae Magicae
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© 2023 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Foreword VII
  3. Table of Contents XI
  4. List of Plates XIV
  5. List of Critical Signs XV
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Situating Coptic Magical Texts 1
  8. 2. The Study of Coptic Magical Texts 11
  9. 3. The Corpus of Coptic Magical Texts 15
  10. 4. The Presentation of Texts in this Volume 37
  11. 5. The Contents of Papyri Copticae Magicae I 43
  12. Text Editions
  13. PCM I 1. Letter of Oualēs to Psais containing separation spell 47
  14. PCM I 2. Healing prescription to stop uterine bleeding 54
  15. PCM I 3. Two aggressive procedures targeting women 58
  16. PCM I 4. Miniature codex 68
  17. PCM I 5. Procedure for the healing of internal organs 77
  18. PCM I 6–8. The Schmidt Coptic Magical Dossier 80
  19. PCM I 9. Formula for sleep 99
  20. PCM I 10. Prayer for pregnancy 103
  21. PCM I 11. Leiden Anastasy Codex 109
  22. PCM I 12. Rossi’s Tractate 172
  23. PCM I 13. Rossi’s Fragmentary Tractate 221
  24. PCM I 14. Invocation for unclear purposes 225
  25. PCM I 15. Narrative charm for healing the eye 228
  26. PCM I 16. Ostraca containing Horus-Isis narrative love charm 232
  27. PCM I 17. Spell for a good singing voice and a love spell 238
  28. PCM I 18. Curse to cause sickness 247
  29. PCM I 19. Adjuration to protect virginity and marriage 251
  30. PCM I 20. Love spell in the form of a Horus-Isis narrative charm 254
  31. PCM I 21–29. The Heidelberg Coptic Magical Library 259
  32. PCM I 30. Two destructive curses drawing on the Testament of Solomon 405
  33. PCM I 31. Two separation spells 413
  34. PCM I 32. Parchment bifolio with two preserved love spells 421
  35. PCM I 33. Formulary with healing procedures 432
  36. PCM I 34. Bifolio with bowl divination procedure and silencing curses 436
  37. PCM I 35. Fragmentary formulary with various curses 447
  38. PCM I 36. Three healing prescriptions on paper 454
  39. PCM I 37. Parchment sheet with various prescriptions 459
  40. Indices
  41. Glossary 471
  42. Concordance of texts in this volume 489
  43. Index locorum 491
  44. Bibliography 505
  45. Word Indices for PCM I 1 555
  46. Plates 605
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111080109-toc

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Foreword VII
  3. Table of Contents XI
  4. List of Plates XIV
  5. List of Critical Signs XV
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Situating Coptic Magical Texts 1
  8. 2. The Study of Coptic Magical Texts 11
  9. 3. The Corpus of Coptic Magical Texts 15
  10. 4. The Presentation of Texts in this Volume 37
  11. 5. The Contents of Papyri Copticae Magicae I 43
  12. Text Editions
  13. PCM I 1. Letter of Oualēs to Psais containing separation spell 47
  14. PCM I 2. Healing prescription to stop uterine bleeding 54
  15. PCM I 3. Two aggressive procedures targeting women 58
  16. PCM I 4. Miniature codex 68
  17. PCM I 5. Procedure for the healing of internal organs 77
  18. PCM I 6–8. The Schmidt Coptic Magical Dossier 80
  19. PCM I 9. Formula for sleep 99
  20. PCM I 10. Prayer for pregnancy 103
  21. PCM I 11. Leiden Anastasy Codex 109
  22. PCM I 12. Rossi’s Tractate 172
  23. PCM I 13. Rossi’s Fragmentary Tractate 221
  24. PCM I 14. Invocation for unclear purposes 225
  25. PCM I 15. Narrative charm for healing the eye 228
  26. PCM I 16. Ostraca containing Horus-Isis narrative love charm 232
  27. PCM I 17. Spell for a good singing voice and a love spell 238
  28. PCM I 18. Curse to cause sickness 247
  29. PCM I 19. Adjuration to protect virginity and marriage 251
  30. PCM I 20. Love spell in the form of a Horus-Isis narrative charm 254
  31. PCM I 21–29. The Heidelberg Coptic Magical Library 259
  32. PCM I 30. Two destructive curses drawing on the Testament of Solomon 405
  33. PCM I 31. Two separation spells 413
  34. PCM I 32. Parchment bifolio with two preserved love spells 421
  35. PCM I 33. Formulary with healing procedures 432
  36. PCM I 34. Bifolio with bowl divination procedure and silencing curses 436
  37. PCM I 35. Fragmentary formulary with various curses 447
  38. PCM I 36. Three healing prescriptions on paper 454
  39. PCM I 37. Parchment sheet with various prescriptions 459
  40. Indices
  41. Glossary 471
  42. Concordance of texts in this volume 489
  43. Index locorum 491
  44. Bibliography 505
  45. Word Indices for PCM I 1 555
  46. Plates 605
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