Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formulary

Within the context of the reedition of the magical formularies of Greco-Roman Egypt (Faraone and Torallas Tovar 2022), PGM I has been re-edited as GEMF 31. Following the methodology applied to the study of such texts in the above-mentioned work, this paper contemplates the contents of the formulary,...

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Autor: Nodar Domínguez, Alberto
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Palabra clave:Magical formulary
Palaeography
Paratext
Scribal practice
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spelling Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formularyNodar Domínguez, AlbertoMagical formularyPalaeographyParatextScribal practiceWithin the context of the reedition of the magical formularies of Greco-Roman Egypt (Faraone and Torallas Tovar 2022), PGM I has been re-edited as GEMF 31. Following the methodology applied to the study of such texts in the above-mentioned work, this paper contemplates the contents of the formulary, namely recipes for gaining a supernatural assistant, a prayer for protection, invisibility procedures, a recipe for enhancing the memory, and an elaborate recipe containing a hymnic text, in the light of the material characteristics of the roll, from its dimensions and the use of the writing space to the graphic choices made by the scribe in terms of the script, and the presence of symbols, abbreviations, and lectional signs. The outcome of such analysis produces the picture of an educated member of the provincial elite who writes for himself (and/or his friends) in a fast, able, and somehow attractive manner a “useful” compilation of recipes serving everyday purposes.This work has been conducted within the project “Providing a Missing Context to Fragmentary Texts: The Material Turn Applied to the Spanish Papyrus Collections” [PID2021-125950NB-C21], financed by the Spanish MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE.Taylor & Francis202520252024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/70278http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2025.2463262reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésSymbolae osloenses. 2024;98(1):169-88.info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2021-125950NB-C21© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, dis-tribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed,or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manu-script in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.Symbolae Osloenses, 2024Vol. 98, No. 1, 169–188, https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2025.2463262http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/702782026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formulary
spellingShingle Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formulary
Nodar Domínguez, Alberto
Magical formulary
Palaeography
Paratext
Scribal practice
title_short Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formulary
title_full Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formulary
title_fullStr Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formulary
title_full_unstemmed Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formulary
title_sort Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: exploring the form and purpose of a magical formulary
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nodar Domínguez, Alberto
author Nodar Domínguez, Alberto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Magical formulary
Palaeography
Paratext
Scribal practice
topic Magical formulary
Palaeography
Paratext
Scribal practice
description Within the context of the reedition of the magical formularies of Greco-Roman Egypt (Faraone and Torallas Tovar 2022), PGM I has been re-edited as GEMF 31. Following the methodology applied to the study of such texts in the above-mentioned work, this paper contemplates the contents of the formulary, namely recipes for gaining a supernatural assistant, a prayer for protection, invisibility procedures, a recipe for enhancing the memory, and an elaborate recipe containing a hymnic text, in the light of the material characteristics of the roll, from its dimensions and the use of the writing space to the graphic choices made by the scribe in terms of the script, and the presence of symbols, abbreviations, and lectional signs. The outcome of such analysis produces the picture of an educated member of the provincial elite who writes for himself (and/or his friends) in a fast, able, and somehow attractive manner a “useful” compilation of recipes serving everyday purposes.
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