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Traditions in Transmission - The Medical and Magical Texts of a Fourth-Century Greek and Coptic Codex (Michigan Ms. 136) in Context (Hardcover)
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Traditions in Transmission - The Medical and Magical Texts of a Fourth-Century Greek and Coptic Codex (Michigan Ms. 136) in Context (Hardcover)
Series: Archiv fur Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte
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This book is a re-edition and detailed study of a parchment codex
from Egypt of the fourth century CE with Greek and Coptic recipes
for healing through magic and pharmacology (Ann Arbor, University
of Michigan Library Ms. 136). A text and annotated translation were
published in a brief journal article by William H. Worrell in 1935,
but the codex has been understudied since then. This new edition
offers advances in readings and interpretation, a thorough
philological commentary, and accompanying studies on the ritual and
medical traditions to which the codex belongs and its position in
the linguistic landscape of Egypt. The recipes comprise magical
rituals for healing and broader personal advancement,
pharmacological and related medical recipes, and advice for the
management of a household. Traditional Egyptian religion and ritual
are illustrated in interaction with medical practices of Hellenic
culture more recently introduced to Egypt, and the archaic, even
poetic language of some of the Coptic invocations featuring the
Egyptian gods Amun and Thoth share pages with an incantation
constructed from the verses of Homer.
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