This paper provides a detailed description of the important contribution made by Amedeo Peyron (Turin, 1785-1870) to the history of Coptic papyrology. The general content of the ‘Fondo Peyron’ preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino (BNUTO) is outlined, offering a bibliological analysis of two still unpublished Coptic magical texts, discovered by Christian Vassallo and of which Korshi Dosoo, Nathan Carlig, and Christian Vassallo are preparing the editio princeps.

Amedeo Peyron and the History of Coptic Papyrology: With a Description of Two Unpublished Magical Texts from the ‘Fondo Peyron’ (Mss. 158-159)

Christian Vassallo
2025-01-01

Abstract

This paper provides a detailed description of the important contribution made by Amedeo Peyron (Turin, 1785-1870) to the history of Coptic papyrology. The general content of the ‘Fondo Peyron’ preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino (BNUTO) is outlined, offering a bibliological analysis of two still unpublished Coptic magical texts, discovered by Christian Vassallo and of which Korshi Dosoo, Nathan Carlig, and Christian Vassallo are preparing the editio princeps.
2025
7th International Summer School in Coptic Papyrology (Turin 4th-9th September 2023)
Torino
4-9 settembre 2023
Coptica Taurinensia – Coptic Papyri from the Museo Egizio
Panini
25
46
978-88-570-2263-5
https://formazioneericerca.museoegizio.it/en/pubblicazioni/coptica-taurinensia-2/
Papyrology; Coptic Studies; Greek Magical Papyri
Christian Vassallo
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