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Meyer, Marvin
The Magical Book of Mary and the Angels (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 685)

Text, Translation, and Commentary.

First critical edition of a codex of ritual power with a variety of spells and recipes asembled together on 20 palimpsest pages. Two texts dominate by their length: the prayer of Mary (the 21st prayer of Virgin Mary on the day of her death) and the adjuration of the nine angelic guardians. The commentary addresses important issues in the text and features parallels that occur in other texts. The Coptic of the texts may be described as Sahidic with Fayyumic featres, but one would never claim thsi text as an exemplar of anything approaching standard Sahidic. - From the Table of Contents: Introduction - Text and Translation - Textual Notes - Commentary - Index verborum - Selected Bibliography - Plates. 126 Seiten und 21 Tafeln, Großformat, Leinen (Veröffentlichungen aus der Heidelberger Papyrus-Sammlung. Neue Folge; Nr. 9/Universitätsverlag Winter 1996)