The Greco-Egyptian magical formularies : libraries, books, and individual recipes / Christopher Faraone and Sofia Torallas Tovar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faraone, Christopher, author.

Torallas Tovar, Sofía, author.

Series:

New texts from ancient cultures.

New Texts from Ancient Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts (Papyri)--Greece--History--To 1500.

Manuscripts (Papyri).

Books--Greece--History.

Books.

Books--Egypt--History.

Egypt--History--Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D--Sources.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (549 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2022]

Summary:

In Greco-Roman Egypt, recipes for magical undertaking, called magical formularies, commonly existed for love potions, curses, attempts to best business rivals--many of the same challenges that modern people might face.

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

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)

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

Block 3: Vessel Inquiry

Block 4: Love and Favor Rituals

Additions

Block 5: Lamp Divination Rituals

Additions and Annotations

Block 6: Healing Rituals

Block 7: Vessel Inquiry

Annotation

Block 8: Cursing and Poisoning

Annotations

Blocks 9 and 10: Divinatory Rituals of Apparition

Contents (Block 9)

Contents (Block 10)

3. The Later Blocks (α-θ)

Blocks α and β: Isolated Blocks

Love Spell and Divination before the Moon

Contents (Block α)

Contents (Block β)

Block γ: Love Spells

Block δ: Ingredients

Block ε: Healing Prescriptions

Block ζ: Miscellaneous Recipes

Block η: Recipes concerning Women

Block θ: Cipher Alphabets

4. Conclusions

Chapter 6 GEMF 60 (= PGM XIII): A Study of Material, Scribal, and Compositional Issues

1. The Codex and Its Scribes.

1.1. Scribal Practice at the Frontiers of Format

1.2. The Construction of GEMF 60

1.3. Framing the Text: Facing Pages, Paragraphoi, Indentations, and the Use of Spacing

1.4. Independence of the Scribal Habits of Scribe 1 and 2

i) Treatment of Magical Words

ii) Orthographic Habits

1.5. The Influence of the Model and the Influence of the Scribe

2. "Books of Moses": Acquiring Authoritative Knowledge

2.1. Interpretations of GEMF 60: Frames and Contexts

i) From Leemans to Smith

ii) From Merkelbach to Suárez de la Torre

2.2. Some Preliminary Issues

i) How Many Versions of the Ritual are there in GEMF 60?

ii) Which of the Two Versions is Earlier?

2.3. The Organization of the Text as We Have It

i) The Comparative List

ii) Maximal Fidelity

iii) Compromise Solutions: Commented Parallel Columns

2.4. The Titles of the Books Copied in GEMF 60

3. Conclusion

III Distribution of Texts and Their History

Chapter 7 GEMF 74 (= PGM VII)Reconstructing the Textual Tradition

2. Codicological Format and Hands

3. The Structure and Internal Disposition of the Text

4. Content of the Ritual Procedures

5. GEMF 74 and the "Hermonthis Archive": A Survey of Possible Interrelations

5.1. Format and Handwriting

5.2. Content of the Formularies

6. Conclusion

Chapter 8 GEMF 15 (= PDM/PGM XII): Production and Use of a Bilingual Magical Formulary

2. Sections and Blocks: Content Patterns and Scribal Conventions

2.1. Section A, Block 1: col. i (frags. a-f)

2.2. Section A, Block 2: cols. ii 1-iii 29

2.3. Section B, Block 1: cols. iv 1-vi 22

2.4. Section B, Block 2: cols. vi 23-viii 3

2.5. Section B, Block 3: cols. viii 4-ix 26

2.6. Section B, Block 4: cols. ix 26-xiii 38

2.7. Section B, Block 5: col. xiv 1-14.

2.8. Section B, Block 6: cols. xiv 15-xv 16

2.9. Section B, Block 7: cols. xv 17-xvi 30

2.10. Section C, Block 1: cols. xvii 1-xix 27

2.11. Section C, Block 2: cols. xx 1-30

3. Differences and Similarities between the Three Sections of the Handbook

4. Detecting Different Sources in the Greek Section of the Handbook

IV. Individual Recipes

Chapter 9 The Composite Recipes in GEMF 57 (= PGM IV) and How They Grew: From Practical Instructions to Literary Narratives

2. Some Special Features of the Paris Codex and its Recipes

3: Case Study 1: Bread for the Violently Killed

4: Case Study 2: The "Sword of Dardanos"

5. Conclusion

Chapter 10 The Rationale of Multi-Purpose Praxeis in the Formulary Tradition

2. Multi-Purpose Praxeis: Fundamental Data

3. The Larger Context

4. More Ambitious Texts

4.1. Attribution by Editor or Compiler

4.2. Re-Compilation by One or More Editors/Copyists

4.3. Procedures for Obtaining a Paredros ("Spirit-assistant")

4.4. Deliberate Experimentation Within a Tradition of Practice

4.5. Triumphant Textual Skill

Chapter 11 The Traffic in Magical Recipes: Single-Sheet Formularies as Prompts for Oral Performance

2. Galen's Traffic in Parchment Recipes for Compound Drugs

3. Recipes for Erotic Conquest

4. Dream Oracles and Epiphanies

5. Curative and Protective Recipes

6. Anger-Restraint Procedures

7. Single-Sheet Formularies on Metal

8. Some Conclusions

Bibliography

Subject Index

Index Locorum

Papyri and Manuscripts Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-513) and indexes.

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Print version: Faraone, Christopher The Greco-Egyptian Magical Formularies

ISBN:

9780472220786

OCLC:

1346126801