Drawing Spirit: The Role of Images and Design in the Magical Practice of Late Antiquity

286 Pages·2022·8.322 MB·English

by  Jay Johnston, Iain Gardner

DrawingSpirit

Drawing Spirit
The Role of Images and Design
in the Magical Practice of Late Antiquity
Edited by
Jay Johnston and Iain Gardner
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Acknowledgments
IainGardnerandJayJohnstonwishtoexpressparticularthankstoProf.Dr.Andrea
Jördens, Professor für Papyrologie an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, for
facilitatingourstudyofthearchiveandpermittingreproductionofthoseimages.
Jay Johnstonwishes tothank inparticularDr. Korshi Dosoowhoprovidedinte-
gralresearchsupportduringtheinitialprojectphasetoherselfandalsotoIainGard-
ner;also in the final phasein the production of thisvolumein addition to his own
researchcontribution.GreatthanksareextendedtoDr.GiselleBaderforherresearch
supportonChapterSixandwithFeeMozeleyfortheirassistanceinthelatterpartof
manuscriptproduction.
WearegratefultotheAustralianResearchCouncilforsubstantialfundingawarded
asa‘DiscoveryProject’from2012–2016.TheprojectteamledbyJayJohnstonincluded
Iain Gardner and Julia Kindt. We alsogratefully acknowledge the image permissions
receivedfromvariousorganisationsandinstitutesasdetailedintheListofFigures.
SpecialthankstoDr.AlissaJonesNelson,formereditor,deGruyterforherini-
tialsupportofthepublicationandespeciallytoKatrinMittmann,deGruyterforher
patienceandassistance.
Sections of Iain Gardnerand Jay Johnston,“‘I, DeaconIohannes,Servantof Mi-
chael:’ A New Look at P. Heid.Kopt. 682 and a Possible Context for the Heidelberg
MagicalArchive,”JournalofCopticStudies21,2019,29–61,arereprintedbypermission
ofPeeters(Leuven)inChaptersFourandSix.
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Contents
Acknowledgments V
ListofFigures IX
ListofPlates XIII
Abbreviations XV
JayJohnston
Introduction 1
JayJohnston
1 ‘MagicalImages:’AnEsotericAestheticsofEngagement 7
JuliaKindt
2 EvokingtheSupernatural:TextandImageinGraeco-EgyptianMagical
Papyri 29
IainGardner
3 TheHeidelbergMagicalArchive:ADiscussionofitsOrigins,Contextand
Purpose 45
IainGardner
4 AnArchiveofCopticHandbooksandExemplarsfortheMakingof
AmuletsandtheEnactingofRitualPowerfromtheTenthCentury
(P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.680–683and685–686) 73
KorshiDosoo
5 TwoBodyProblems:BindingEffigiesinChristianEgyptand
Elsewhere 135
JayJohnston
6 ImagePlay:OnAngelsandInsects 185
VIII Contents
Plates 209
Contributors 239
Bibliography 241
GeneralIndex 265
ManuscriptIndex 269
List of Figures
Chapter 2
Figure1 Representationofadungbeetle,PGMII,recto,col3.ÄgyptischesMuseum,
Berlin 35
Figure2 TheHeadlessOne(‘Akephalos’),PGMII,rectocol.4.ÄgyptischesMuseum,
Berlin 36
Figure3 Seth/Typhon,PGMXXXVI,recto,col.1.UniversitetsbiblioteketiOslo 41
Chapter 3
Figure1 Instancesof‘LinearKufic’fromthetopofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.680(above),
andP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.685p.17(below) 47
Figure2 TheblankP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.685p.19,showingtheunderlyingtext 55
Figure3 TheblankP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686p.19,showingtheunderlyingtext;the
rubricmaybeseenonthemiddlepartoftheleft-handcolumn;notealsothe
extensivedecoration 57
Figure4 Upperleftpartoftheoriginalsheetcomposingpages20+1ofP.Heid.Inv.
Kopt.686,showingthepagenumber ⲓ̅ⲇ̅ ̅abovethecolumn 58
Figure5 Decoratedinitialalphafromtheleftcolumnoftheunderlyingtextonp.1of
P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686 58
Figure6 Enlargedanddecoratedinitialhoriandfurtherdecorationfromthe
underlyingtextofp.16ofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.685 59
Figure7 Birdsandornamentedcoronisleftofthecolumnfromtheunderlyingtextof
p.9ofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686 61
Figure8 Decoratedinitialalphafromtheleftcolumnoftheunderlyingtextonp.18of
P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686 62
Chapter 4
Figure1 ThecolophonofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.682(ll.48–50) 75
Figure2 FiguralelementsintheupperpartofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.682 79
Figure3 LowerpartofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.682,showingthefinalinstructionsand
charaktēres 84
Figure4 DetailsofthezoomorphsfromP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.680(left),682(centre),
and685p.9(right) 90
Figure5 DrawingsofAriō“theGreatCherubin”fromP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.681(left);
MaryfromP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.685p.9(centre);andMichaelfromP.Heid.
Inv.Kopt.686p.17(right) 94
Figure6 ThesecondsetofdrawingsfromP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.681 98
Figure7 FiguresatthetopofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.683 103
Figure8 FiguresfromthemiddlepartofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.683 103
Figure9 DrawingofMarywithassociatedcharaktēresanddesignelements
fromP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.685p.9 110
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X ListofFigures
Figure10 CharaktēresandhumanheadatthebottomofP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.685
p.9 112
Figure11 FigureofabirdfromP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.685p.10 113
Figure12 ImageofChristwithassociateddesignelementsandinstructionsonP.Heid.
Inv.685p.17 121
Figure13 ThethreeyouthsfromthefieryfurnaceonP.Heid.Inv.Kopt.685p.19 123
Chapter 5
Figure1 ThenkisinkondiMangaaka;YombegroupoftheBakongopeople(19th
century).MetropolitanMuseumofArtaccessionnumber2008.30(CC01.0
Universal[CC01.0]) 137
Figure2 MetropolitanMuseumofArtaccessionnumber33.1.94,anexecrationfigure
fromthelateMiddleKingdomorSecondIntermediatePeriod(ca.1802–1550
BCE),foundburiedwithninety-fiveothersuchfigures,someinsideacoffin-
shapedcontainer;eachisinscribedwiththenamesofenemies(CC01.0
Universal[CC01.0]) 146
Figure3 LeadeffigiesfromTellSandahannah,Palestine(secondcenturyCE) 152
Figure4 Aclayeffigyofawomanpiercedby13pins(third–fourthcenturyCE,
Antinoopolis,Egypt).LouvreE27145b.PhotocourtesyofMarie-LanNguyen
(CC2.5Generic[CCBY2.5]) 158
Figure5 EmbracingwaxeffigiesfromAsyut,Egypt,7cminheight,datingtothefifth
century.Cologneinv.3323. 163
Figure6 P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.679recto(left)andverso(right) 172
Figure7 SethianTablet20A(Rome,fourthcenturyCE),showingfourcharioteerswith
handsandfeetbound 179
Figure8 ThetableauofP.Würzburg42recto,tracingbyMarkétaPreininger 179
Figure9 ThetableauofP.Stras.Kopt.550recto(inverted),tracingbyKorshi
Dosoo 181
Figure10 ThetableauofP.Berlin20911,tracingbyKorshiDosoo 181
Chapter 6
Figure1 P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686fol.4r,finalpageTheExaltationofMichaelthe
Archangel,ca.960s–970sC.E 185
Figure2 Detail,P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686fol.4r,finalpageTheExaltationofMichaelthe
Archangel,ca.960s–970sC.E.PapyrologischesInstitut,Ruprecht-Karls-
UniversitätHeidelberg 194
Figure3 Detail,P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686fol.4r,finalpageTheExaltationofMichaelthe
Archangel,ca.960s–970sC.E.PapyrologischesInstitut,Ruprecht-Karls-
UniversitätHeidelberg 195
Figure4 Detail,P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686fol.4r,finalpageTheExaltationofMichaelthe
Archangel,ca.960s–970sC.E.PapyrologischesInstitut,Ruprecht-Karls-
UniversitätHeidelberg 197
Figure5 Detail,P.Heid.Inv.Kopt.686fol.4r,finalpageTheExaltationofMichaelthe
Archangel,ca.960s–970sC.E.PapyrologischesInstitut,Ruprecht-Karls-
UniversitätHeidelberg 198