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- New texts from ancient cultures
- Uniform Title
- New texts from ancient cultures.
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- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-513) and indexes.
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- Contents
- Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Concordances -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- I Libraries, Codices, and Rolls -- Chapter 1 Anatomy of the Magical Archive -- 1. Defining a Magical Archive -- 1.2 Archives, Manuscripts, and the Lives of Texts -- 2. The Theban Magical Library -- 3. The Hermonthis Magical Archive -- 4. The Kellis Area A, House 3 Archive -- 5. Conclusions
- 6. Appendix: A Provisional Checklist of Possible Archives and Dossiers with Demotic, Greek, and Coptic Magical Material from Roman and Early Islamic Egypt -- Chapter 2 Roll vs. CodexThe Format of the Magical Handbook -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Corpus of Magical Formularies -- 3. Formats of Magical Handbooks -- 4. Magical Handbooks within the Landscape of Book Production -- 4.1. Copyists and Models -- 4.2. Rolls, Codices, and Genres -- 5. Notes on Formats -- 5.1. Rolls -- 5.2. Rotuli (Vertical Rolls) -- 5.3. Codices -- Papyrus Codices -- Parchment and Paper Codices
- 5.4. Sheets, Ostraca, and Series -- Trends in Sheet Formats -- The Hermonthis Magical Archive -- The Berlin Magical Library -- The Heidelberg Magical Library -- Ostraca -- Manuscript Series -- 6. Reuse and Use of the Verso -- 6.1. Opisthograph and Amphigraph Rolls -- Reuse -- Coptic Parchment Palimpsests -- 7. Conclusions -- Chapter 3 The Paleography and Dating of the Magical Formularies from Roman Egypt -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identifying a Single Hand -- 3. Providing Parallels for GEMF Hands: Bookhands or Documentary Hands? -- 4. Higher and Lower Standards of Production
- 5. "Nondescript" Hands -- 6. By Way of Conclusion -- II Compositional and Redactional Patterns -- Chapter 4 Compositional Patterns in the Paris Magical Codex (GEMF 57 = PGM IV) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Physical Features of GEMF 57 (= PGM IV) -- 3. Block I: 1-153 -- 4. Block 2: 154-1389 -- 5. Block 2 Section A: 154-466 -- 6. Block 2 Section B: 467-849 -- 7. Block 2 Section C: 850-1226 or 1264 -- 8. Block 2 Section D: 1227 or 1265-1389 -- 9. Block 3: 1390-1927 -- 10. Block 4: 1928-2240 -- 11. Block 5: 2241-2942 -- 12. Block 5 Section A: 2241-2440 -- 13. Block 5 Section B: 2441-2891 or 2942
- 14. The End of the Manuscript: 2943-3274 -- 15. Conclusions, Possibilities, Desiderata -- Chapter 5 The Composition of the Demotic Magical Papyrus of London and Leiden (GEMF 16 = PDM/PGM XIV) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Initial Blocks: The Original Sections, Their Additions, and Annotations -- Block 1: Divinatory Rituals of Apparition -- Contents -- Annotations and Additions -- Block 2: Manipulation of Relationships -- Contents -- Annotations and Additions -- Block 3: Vessel Inquiry -- Contents -- Block 4: Love and Favor Rituals -- Contents -- Additions -- Block 5: Lamp Divination Rituals
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 10.3998/mpub.12227202
- OCLC
- om2124718591
- Title
The Greco-Egyptian magical formularies : libraries, books, and individual recipes / edited by Christopher A Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar.
- Publisher
Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
©2022
- Type of Content
text
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computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
New texts from ancient cultures
New texts from ancient cultures.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-513) and indexes.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Note
Description based on information from the publisher.
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Faraone, Christopher A., editor.
Torallas Tovar, Sofía, editor.
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10.3998/mpub.12227202 doi